CVE-2025-32919 (GCVE-0-2025-32919)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-09 15:01 – Updated: 2025-11-03 17:32
VLAI?
Title
Privilege Escalation in Windows License plugin for Checkmk Windows Agent
Summary
Use of an insecure temporary directory in the Windows License plugin for the Checkmk Windows Agent allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Checkmk: from 2.4.0 before 2.4.0p13, from 2.3.0 before 2.3.0p38, from 2.2.0 before 2.2.0p46, and all versions of 2.1.0 (EOL).
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Checkmk GmbH Checkmk Affected: 2.4.0 , < 2.4.0p13 (semver)
Affected: 2.3.0 , < 2.3.0p38 (semver)
Affected: 2.2.0 , < 2.2.0p46 (semver)
Affected: 2.1.0 (semver)
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Credits
Lisa Gnedt (SBA Research)
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