# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3c43-5f7q-g3r3, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47909

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-47909?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-47909 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-47909 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-2022-47909/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47909/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-47909
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47909
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-47909

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47909/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.