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CVE-2024-47091

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-05-13 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Privilege escalation in the mk_mysql agent plugin on Windows in Checkmk <2.4.0p29, <2.3.0p47, and 2.2.0 (EOL) allows a local unprivileged user able to create a Windows service whose name matches 'MySQL' or 'MariaDB' (or with write access to a binary referenced by such a service) to execute arbitrary code in the context of the Checkmk agent service, which typically runs as SYSTEM.

Affected Platforms

Checkmk Checkmk

Weakness Type

CWE-427

References