# CVE-2022-46302: Remote Code Execution with Root Privileges via Broad Apache Permissions

> Attackers can achieve remote code execution with root privileges by exploiting broad Apache permissions in reverse proxy configurations.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 4 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53x8-876g-3h2x, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-46302

## What is CVE-2022-46302?

CVE-2022-46302 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk, published on 20 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Broad access controls could allow site users to directly interact with the system Apache installation when providing the reverse proxy configurations for Tribe29's Checkmk <= 2.1.0p6, Checkmk <= 2.0.0p27, and all versions of Checkmk 1.6.0 (EOL) allowing an attacker to perform remote code execution with root privileges on the underlying host.

Weakness: CWE-829 (Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-46302?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Checkmk Checkmk.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-46302?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-46302 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-46302 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2025-39666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39666/): omd: Local privilege escalation when executing omd commands as root (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-8606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8606/): Fix 2FA bypass via RestAPI (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2022-46836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46836/): PHP code injection in watolib (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-32919](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32919/): Privilege Escalation in Windows License plugin for Checkmk Windows Agent (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-28827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28827/): Privilege escalation in Windows agent (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-46302 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-46302 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk, published on 20 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Checkmk Checkmk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46302/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46302/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46302
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46302
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46302

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46302/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.