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).

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

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No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Checkmk GmbH Checkmk unaffected
Version Status Constraints
2.5.0 affected < 2.5.0p9
2.4.0 affected < 2.4.0p34
2.3.0 affected < 2.3.0p49
2.2.0 affected —

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Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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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).
Title mk_sap_hana: Privilege escalation via crafted sapstartsrv process name
First Time appeared Checkmk
Checkmk checkmk
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Checkmk
Checkmk checkmk
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.2, '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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Checkmk

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-14T12:14:35.760Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T11:50:44.392Z

Link: CVE-2026-14852

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Updated: 2026-07-14T11:30:10Z

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