CVE-2024-39934

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Robotmk before 2.0.1 allows a local user to escalate privileges (e.g., to SYSTEM) if automated Python environment setup is enabled, because the "shared holotree usage" feature allows any user to edit any Python environment.

Affected products

Robotmk: before 2.0.1 — fixed in 2.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Robotmk 2.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://checkmk.com/werk/16434
https://github.com/elabit/robotmk/commit/78c1174ab2df43813050d0c22e1efb8636f8715e
https://github.com/elabit/robotmk/compare/v2.0.0...v2.0.1
https://github.com/elabit/robotmk/releases/tag/v2.0.1
https://checkmk.com/werk/16434
https://github.com/elabit/robotmk/commit/78c1174ab2df43813050d0c22e1efb8636f8715e
https://github.com/elabit/robotmk/compare/v2.0.0...v2.0.1
https://github.com/elabit/robotmk/releases/tag/v2.0.1

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