CVE-2023-6740highCWE-427

CVE-2023-6740: high-severity vulnerability in Checkmk

Privilege escalation in jar_signature

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.2%
Privilege escalation in jar_signature agent plugin in Checkmk before 2.2.0p18, 2.1.0p38 and 2.0.0p39 allows local user to escalate privileges
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Checkmk GmbH · Checkmk
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