Threat landscape
high

Checkmk: Mehrere Schwachstellen

WID-SEC-2026-0983 · first 07.04.2026 · updated 08.04.2026 · CVSS 9,0

×

What it is about

Checkmk ist eine IT-Monitoring-Software. Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Checkmk ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, und um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen.

Under what conditions?

The BSI does not name any particular preconditions. Exploitable remotely according to the BSI.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • seine Privilegien zu erhöhen
  • einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Checkmk Checkmk <2.6.0b1
  • Checkmk Checkmk <2.5.0b3
  • Checkmk Checkmk <2.4.0p25
  • Checkmk Checkmk <2.3.0p46

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • Checkmk Checkmk 2.6.0b1
  • Checkmk Checkmk 2.5.0b3
  • Checkmk Checkmk 2.4.0p25
  • Checkmk Checkmk 2.3.0p46

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

CVE: CVE-2025-39666, CVE-2026-3466

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

Set up in an hour, trained in a week.

Create a free account, add your team, unlock the course. You only pay when you start. Would you rather see what a test email looks like first? The self-test is free.

Add your team Test it yourself first