CVE-2025-64996mediumCWE-732

CVE-2025-64996: medium-severity vulnerability in Checkmk

Overly broad file permissions in the mk_inotify plugin allows reading and manipulating the plugin's output

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13Vexday Risk Score

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

ssvc Trackcvss 4.8epss 0.1%
In Checkmk versions prior to 2.4.0p16, 2.3.0p41, and all versions of 2.2.0 and older, the mk_inotify plugin creates world-readable and writable files, allowing any local user on the system to read the plugin's output and manipulate it, potentially leading to unauthorized access to or modification of monitoring data.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Checkmk GmbH · Checkmk
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