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CVE-2024-38865: Livestatus command injection in RestAPI
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-140
Description
Improper neutralization of livestatus command delimiters in a specific endpoint within RestAPI of Checkmk prior to 2.2.0p39, 2.3.0p25, and 2.1.0p51 (EOL) allows arbitrary livestatus command execution. Exploitation requires the attacker to have a contact group assigned to their user account and for an event to originate from a host with the same contact group or from an event generated with an unknown host.
Affected products
- Checkmk GmbH Checkmk: 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 (+136) — 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
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