CVE-2025-32919 (GCVE-0-2025-32919)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-09 15:01
Modified
2025-11-03 17:32
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
Use of an insecure temporary directory in the Windows License plugin for the Checkmk Windows Agent allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Checkmk: from 2.4.0 before 2.4.0p13, from 2.3.0 before 2.3.0p38, from 2.2.0 before 2.2.0p46, and all versions of 2.1.0 (EOL).
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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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