Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-32919

HighPublic PoC

Published: 09 October 2025

Published
09 October 2025
Modified
04 December 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0003 9.9th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-32919 is a high-severity Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 9.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Use of an insecure temporary directory in the Windows License plugin for the Checkmk Windows Agent allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Checkmk: from 2.4.0 before 2.4.0p13, from 2.3.0 before 2.3.0p38, from 2.2.0 before 2.2.0p46, and all versions of 2.1.0…

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CWE(s)
CWE-427

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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Why these techniques?

The CVE describes a privilege escalation vulnerability via a TOCTOU race condition in the Checkmk Windows License plugin, where low-privileged users can overwrite a temporary script executed as Local System, enabling exploitation for privilege escalation.

Affected Assets

checkmk
checkmk
2.2.0, 2.3.0, 2.4.0 · 2.1.0 — 2.2.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References