🛡️ CVE-2023-6287 — checkmk-appliance-firmware

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, 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 low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• 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: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-6287 is classified as CWE-598: Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String. The web application uses an HTTP method to process a request, but the request includes sensitive information in the query string.

Affected software

CVE-2023-6287 is recorded against 1 package.

• checkmk-appliance-firmware (fixed in 1.6.8)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 November 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-appliance-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2023-22318 (7.5 High, published 15 May 2023)
• CVE-2023-22309 (6.1 Medium, published 20 Apr 2023)
• CVE-2023-22307 (5.5 Medium, published 18 Apr 2023)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-598: Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String) in other software:

• CVE-2026-14838 (7.4 High, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-47768 (5.5 Medium, published 28 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-16207 (3.7 Low, published 19 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-9592 (published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-15322 (7.5 High, published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-62386 (7.5 High, published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-58656 (7.5 High, published 8 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-10078 (2.7 Low, published 29 May 2026)

CVE-2023-6287 on other distributions

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

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