omd: Local privilege escalation when executing omd commands as root

published 2026-04-07 7 mo ago modified 2026-10-12 27 d ago also EUVD-2025-209262

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits: 0; none known

Local privilege escalation in Checkmk 2.2.0 (EOL), Checkmk 2.3.0 before 2.3.0p46, Checkmk 2.4.0 before 2.4.0p25, and Checkmk 2.5.0 (beta) before 2.5.0b3 allows a site user to escalate their privileges to root, by manipulating files in the site context that are processed when the `omd` administrative command is run by root.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Checkmk GmbH Checkmk 2.3.0p46, 2.4.0p25, 2.5.0b3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 7 mo ago (2026-04-07)

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Checkmk GmbH Checkmk

Classification

Weakness

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

checkmk.com /werk/18891
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-39666
NVD CVE-2025-39666

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Summary