Host secret disclosed in Checkmk logs

published 2023-02-20 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-51019

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

Sensitive host secret disclosed in cmk-update-agent.log file in Tribe29's Checkmk <= 2.1.0p13, Checkmk <= 2.0.0p29, and all versions of Checkmk 1.6.0 (EOL) allows an attacker to gain access to the host secret through the unprotected agent updater log file.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-12)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Tribe29 Checkmk

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

checkmk.com /werk/14916
mitigation, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-48319
NVD CVE-2022-48319

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Summary