High severity · published Apr 10, 2025
CVE-2024-38865
Livestatus command injection in RestAPI
8.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Checkmk · Checkmk GmbH
2.3.0 before 2.3.0p25; 2.2.0 before 2.2.0p39; 2.1.0 through 2.1.0p50 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38865
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38865
Vendor Advisory
https://checkmk.com/werk/17028
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