🛡️ CVE-2023-22294 — checkmk

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-22294 is classified as CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. A sensitive resource is assigned permissions that let unintended actors read or modify it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-22294 is recorded against 1 package.

• checkmk (fixed in 1.6.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 April 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

checkmk.com
checkmk.com

Other advisories for this package

checkmk has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-9549 (4.8 Medium, published 8 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-8833 (5.4 Medium, published 8 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-8078 (4.8 Medium, published 8 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-7765 (5.3 Medium, published 8 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-7186 (5.4 Medium, published 8 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2024-47091 (7.8 High, published 13 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-33456 (7.6 High, published 10 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-33455 (6.3 Medium, published 10 Apr 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) in other software:

• CVE-2026-63623 (5.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• GHSA-945v-v9p3-v5xw (2.0 Low, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-13769 (5.5 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-68563 (5.5 Medium, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-7594 (8.0 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64707 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-61892 (8.8 High, published 24 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-16157 (7.8 High, published 22 Jul 2026)

CVE-2023-22294 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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