4.8

CVE-2025-64996: checkmk gmbh checkmk

CVSS: 4.8v4.0MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-64996
Published 18-11-2025Last modified 18-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-64996 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) vulnerability in checkmk gmbh checkmk. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.11%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.10% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.11%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Checkmk1 product
  • checkmk< 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.0:b1 | 2.3.0:b2 | 2.3.0:b3 | 2.3.0:b4 | 2.3.0:b5 | 2.3.0:b6 | 2.3.0:p1 | 2.3.0:p10 | 2.3.0:p11 | 2.3.0:p12 | 2.3.0:p13 | 2.3.0:p14 | 2.3.0:p15 | 2.3.0:p16 | 2.3.0:p17 | 2.3.0:p18 | 2.3.0:p19 | 2.3.0:p2 | 2.3.0:p20 | 2.3.0:p21 | 2.3.0:p22 | 2.3.0:p23 | 2.3.0:p24 | 2.3.0:p25 | 2.3.0:p26 | 2.3.0:p27 | 2.3.0:p28 | 2.3.0:p29 | 2.3.0:p3 | 2.3.0:p30 | 2.3.0:p31 | 2.3.0:p32 | 2.3.0:p33 | 2.3.0:p34 | 2.3.0:p35 | 2.3.0:p36 | 2.3.0:p37 | 2.3.0:p38 | 2.3.0:p39 | 2.3.0:p4 | 2.3.0:p40 | 2.3.0:p5 | 2.3.0:p6 | 2.3.0:p7 | 2.3.0:p8 | 2.3.0:p9 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.0:b1 | 2.4.0:b2 | 2.4.0:b3 | 2.4.0:b4 | 2.4.0:b5 | 2.4.0:b6 | 2.4.0:p1 | 2.4.0:p10 | 2.4.0:p11 | 2.4.0:p12 | 2.4.0:p13 | 2.4.0:p14 | 2.4.0:p15 | 2.4.0:p2 | 2.4.0:p3 | 2.4.0:p4 | 2.4.0:p5 | 2.4.0:p6 | 2.4.0:p7 | 2.4.0:p8 | 2.4.0:p9
Checkmk gmbh1 product
  • checkmkEOL≥ 2.4.0, < 2.4.0p16 | ≥ 2.3.0, < 2.3.0p41 | 2.2.0 | 2.1.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • check-mkAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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