CVE-2022-31258

Publication date 20 May 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
check-mk 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected

Notes


0xnishit

fix commit: https://github.com/tribe29/checkmk/commit/235163955cc85c9c4efaa37da9b4b2722054252c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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