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CheckmkApplication

CVE-2022-47909

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-02-20
No fix yet
No fix has been published. The vendor has not shipped a fixed release or patch. You remain exposed.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Public exploit Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Livestatus Query Language (LQL) injection in the AuthUser HTTP query header of Tribe29's Checkmk <= 2.1.0p11, Checkmk <= 2.0.0p28, and all versions of Checkmk 1.6.0 (EOL) allows an attacker to perform direct queries to the application's core from localhost.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-20

The application accepts input without confirming it is well-formed or within expected bounds, so malformed data can push the program into states its author never anticipated. Attackers probe these gaps to trigger crashes, bypass logic, or feed tainted values into more dangerous operations downstream. Remediating it well means validating and normalising every input at the boundary against a strict allow-list — not merely filtering known-bad values.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
CheckmkApplication
Affected:= 2.1.0= 2.0.0= 1.6.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Recommended fix High confidence

Checkmk 2.1.0p11 or later, or Checkmk 2.0.0p28 or later (1.6.0 is EOL - migrate to supported version)

  1. 1. Identify the currently installed Checkmk version using 'cmk --version' or through the web interface under 'Help' > 'About Checkmk'
  2. 2. For Checkmk 2.1.0: Upgrade to version 2.1.0p11 or later by following the standard upgrade procedure in the Checkmk documentation
  3. 3. For Checkmk 2.0.0: Upgrade to version 2.0.0p28 or later by following the standard upgrade procedure
  4. 4. For Checkmk 1.6.0: This version is End-of-Life (EOL); migrate to a supported version (2.0.0p28 or 2.1.0p11 or later)
  5. 5. After upgrade, verify the version is patched by checking 'cmk --version' and confirming it shows p11 or later for 2.1.x, or p28 or later for 2.0.x
  6. 6. Test that the Livestatus interface functions normally post-upgrade
Caveat Standard upgrade precautions apply - review Checkmk migration guide, backup configuration, and test in staging before production deployment

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

No vendor fix exists Checkmk has not published a patch for this.

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