CVE-2022-47909 LQL Injection in Livestatus HTTP headers
Attackers can inject LQL commands via HTTP headers to query the Checkmk core, potentially leading to data exposure or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-47909?
CVE-2022-47909 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk, published on 20 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Livestatus Query Language (LQL) injection in the AuthUser HTTP query header of Tribe29's Checkmk <= 2.1.0p11, Checkmk <= 2.0.0p28, and all versions of Checkmk 1.6.0 (EOL) allows an attacker to perform direct queries to the application's core from localhost.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-47909?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Checkmk Checkmk.
How do I fix CVE-2022-47909?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-47909 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2022-47909 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-47909 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-3c43-5f7q-g3r3, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47909.