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Status published
High
CVE-2023-31210
Privilege escalation in agent via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Vulnerability Description
Usage of user controlled LD_LIBRARY_PATH in agent in Checkmk 2.2.0p10 up to 2.2.0p16 allows malicious Checkmk site user to escalate rights via injection of malicious libraries
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
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- We thank Jan-Philipp Litza for reporting this issue.
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Affected Vendor
Checkmk GmbH
View all reports →Affected Software
Checkmk
Vulnerable Versions:
2.2.0p10
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 13th, 2023
Last Modified:
December 2nd, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H