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Medium · 5.2 CVE-2026-14852 EUVD-2026-43652GHSA-92pj-jr25-ww3p

mk_sap_hana: Privilege escalation via crafted sapstartsrv process name

Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Jul 29, 2026 · Assigned by Checkmk

Description

Privilege escalation in Checkmk versions 2.5.0 before 2.5.0p9, 2.4.0 before 2.4.0p34, 2.3.0 before 2.3.0p49, and 2.2.0 (EOL) allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary commands as root by starting a process crafted to look like a SAP HANA instance. Without an explicit database configuration, the mk_sap_hana agent plugin derives instance identifiers from the process list and uses them to build a command executed with elevated privileges (requires the plugin to run as root with RUNAS=agent).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Checkmk Checkmk 2.5.0 – < 2.5.0p9, 2.4.0 – < 2.4.0p34, 2.3.0 – < 2.3.0p49, 2.2.0 2.5.0p9

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS check-mk No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS check-mk No fix yet —

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