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CVE-2026-9549

Stored cross-site scripting in the service discovery active check output in Checkmk <2.5.0p5, <2.4.0p31, <2.3.0p48, and all 2.2.0 versions allows an administrator who can configure active or custom checks to inject malicious HTML or JavaScript into…

MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.14%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Stored cross-site scripting in the service discovery active check output in Checkmk <2.5.0p5, <2.4.0p31, <2.3.0p48, and all 2.2.0 versions allows an administrator who can configure active or custom checks to inject malicious HTML or JavaScript into check output that executes in the browser of an admin or a user with host read permissions when they run the check on the service discovery page.

CVSS 4.0
4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.14% probability · 4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
checkmk/checkmk
Source
security@checkmk.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.