CVE-2022-43440 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-43440

Privilege escalation via manipulated unixcat executable

Vulnerability Description

Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Checkmk Agent in Tribe29 Checkmk before 2.1.0p1, before 2.0.0p25 and before 1.6.0p29 on a Checkmk server allows the site user to escalate privileges via a manipulated unixcat executable

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Checkmk
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1.0, 2.0.0, 1.6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: February 9th, 2023
Last Modified: March 24th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)