CVE-2025-64996 (GCVE-0-2025-64996)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-18 15:10
Modified
2025-11-18 21:23
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Summary
In Checkmk versions prior to 2.4.0p16, 2.3.0p41, and all versions of 2.2.0 and older, the mk_inotify plugin creates world-readable and writable files, allowing any local user on the system to read the plugin's output and manipulate it, potentially leading to unauthorized access to or modification of monitoring data.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Checkmk GmbH Checkmk Version: 2.4.0   ≤
Version: 2.3.0   ≤
Version: 2.2.0   ≤
Version: 2.1.0   ≤
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