# CVE-2025-32919: Privilege Escalation in Windows License plugin for Checkmk Windows Agent

> Attackers can escalate privileges via insecure temporary directory usage in the Checkmk Windows License plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA: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:** 9 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qrq7-92h2-m9mx

## What is CVE-2025-32919?

CVE-2025-32919 is a high-severity vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk, published on 9 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Use of an insecure temporary directory in the Windows License plugin for the Checkmk Windows Agent allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Checkmk: from 2.4.0 before 2.4.0p13, from 2.3.0 before 2.3.0p38, from 2.2.0 before 2.2.0p46, and all versions of 2.1.0 (EOL).

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32919?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Checkmk Checkmk.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-32919?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-32919 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-32919 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32919 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Checkmk Checkmk

- [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-2024-28827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28827/): Privilege escalation in Windows agent (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-28828](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28828/): 1-Click compromize via CSRF (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-32919 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-32919 is a high-severity vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk, published on 9 Oct 2025. 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-2025-32919 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-2025-32919/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32919/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32919
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32919
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-32919

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32919/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.