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CVE-2024-0670: Privilege escalation in windows agent

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Privilege escalation in windows agent plugin in Checkmk before 2.2.0p23, 2.1.0p40 and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows local user to escalate privileges

Affected products

• Checkmk GmbH Checkmk: from 2.0.0 before 2.1.0; 2.1.0, 2.1.0-b1, 2.1.0-b2, 2.1.0-b3, 2.1.0-b4, 2.1.0-b5 (+75) — fixed in 2.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Checkmk GmbH Checkmk 2.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/29
• https://checkmk.com/werk/16361
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/29
• https://checkmk.com/werk/16361

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