CVE-2026-14852

Publication date 14 July 2026

Last updated 16 July 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

Privilege escalation in Checkmk versions 2.5.0 before 2.5.0p9, 2.4.0 before 2.4.0p34, 2.3.0 before 2.3.0p49, and 2.2.0 (EOL) allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary commands as root by starting a process crafted to look like a SAP HANA instance. Without an explicit database configuration, the mk_sap_hana agent plugin derives instance identifiers from the process list and uses them to build a command executed with elevated privileges (requires the plugin to run as root with RUNAS=agent).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
check-mk 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v4.0

Base score 5.2 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H


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