Arbitrary file write and code execution via crafted Synthetic Monitoring agent data

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-120495
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerCheckmk
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-11-11 11:17:13 UTC
Updated2026-11-11 11:17:13 UTC
DescriptionPath traversal in the Synthetic Monitoring "Robotmk" test service of Checkmk <2.5.0p19, <2.4.0p40, and 2.3.0 (EOL) allows an attacker who controls the agent output of a monitored host's check output for a host to inject a crafted robot output to define the contents and location for the generated HTML log, leading to code execution as the site user.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 9.4 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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

Problem Types: CWE-23 | CWE-23 CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary9.4CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/C...
4.0CNADECLARED9.4CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
High
Sub Integrity
High
Sub Availability
High

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Checkmk GmbH Checkmk affected 2.5.0 2.5.0p19 semver Not specified
CNA Checkmk GmbH Checkmk affected 2.4.0 2.4.0p40 semver Not specified
CNA Checkmk GmbH Checkmk affected 2.3.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
checkmk.com/werk/22624 [email protected] checkmk.com
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