Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-6157

Checkmk 2.0.0 … 2.2.0

Published
22 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0088 56th percentile
Risk Priority 58 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-6157 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Delimiters (CWE-140) vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Content Injection (T1659); ranked in the top 44% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Improper neutralization of livestatus command delimiters in ajax_search in Checkmk <= 2.0.0p39, < 2.1.0p37, and < 2.2.0p15 allows arbitrary livestatus command execution for authorized users.

CWE(s)
CWE-140NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

checkmk
checkmk
2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require proper delimiter neutralization during input handling and output encoding.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development and acceptance can detect delimiter-related weaknesses before deployment.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development life cycle incorporates practices that reduce the likelihood of delimiter-neutralization defects.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include input validation and output encoding that mitigate delimiter mishandling.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding explicitly requires proper neutralization of delimiters to prevent injection and parsing flaws.

References