CVE-2022-48318 Insecure access control mechanisms for RestAPI documentation
Unauthenticated attackers can access RestAPI documentation to view sensitive user-specific tags, leading to information disclosure in Checkmk.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-48318?
CVE-2022-48318 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk, published on 20 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
No authorisation controls in the RestAPI documentation for Tribe29's Checkmk <= 2.1.0p13 and Checkmk <= 2.0.0p29 which may lead to unintended information disclosure through automatically generated user specific tags within Rest API documentation.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48318?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Checkmk Checkmk.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48318?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-48318 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-48318 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48318 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2022-46836 PHP code injection in watolib
- CVE-2025-32919 Privilege Escalation in Windows License plugin for Checkmk Windows Agent
- CVE-2024-28827 Privilege escalation in Windows agent
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24jh-wh5j-3j8m, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48318.