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CVE-2022-31258

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

In Checkmk before 1.6.0p29, 2.x before 2.0.0p25, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0b10, a site user can escalate to root by editing an OMD hook symlink.

Affected products

Checkmk GmbH Checkmk: before 1.6.0; 1.6.0-b1, 1.6.0-b10, 1.6.0-b12, 1.6.0-b3, 1.6.0-b4, 1.6.0-b5 (+70) — fixed in 1.6.0
Tribe29 Checkmk: 1.6.0b10, 1.6.0b11, 1.6.0p10, 1.6.0p11, 1.6.0p12, 1.6.0p13 (+5)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Checkmk GmbH Checkmk 1.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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