High severity · published Nov 22, 2023
CVE-2023-6156
Livestatus injection in availability timeline
8.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper neutralization of livestatus command delimiters in the availability timeline in Checkmk <= 2.0.0p39, < 2.1.0p37, and < 2.2.0p15 allows arbitrary livestatus command execution for authorized users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Checkmk · Checkmk GmbH
2.2.0 before 2.2.0p15; 2.1.0 before 2.1.0p37; 2.0.0 through 2.0.0p39 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6156
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6156
Vendor Advisory
https://checkmk.com/werk/16221
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