CVE-2023-6740 - Privilege escalation in jar_signature

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HIGH

Privilege escalation in jar_signature

Published Jan 12, 2024

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.18%

Description

Privilege escalation in jar_signature agent plugin in Checkmk before 2.2.0p18, 2.1.0p38 and 2.0.0p39 allows local user to escalate privileges

Affected products

Vendor Checkmk GmbH Product Checkmk Default
unaffected
- Version
  2.0.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=2.0.0p39
- Version
  2.1.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <2.1.0p38
- Version
  2.2.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <2.2.0p18

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Checkmk GmbH

Checkmk

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
2.0.0	affected	<=2.0.0p39
2.1.0	affected	<2.1.0p38
2.2.0	affected	<2.2.0p18

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-427

References (2)

https://checkmk.com/werk/16163
PatchVendor Advisory
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-58953
Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://checkmk.com/werk/16163		PatchVendor Advisory
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-58953		Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner Checkmk

Published Jan 12, 2024

Updated Jun 3, 2025

Reserved Dec 12, 2023

Link CVE-2023-6740

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated May 8, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2023-6740

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2023-6740

ENISA EUVD

Assigner Checkmk

Published Jan 12, 2024

Updated Jun 3, 2025

Exploited since n/a

Link EUVD-2023-58953

EUVD-2023-58953