# CVE-2025-65000: Exposure of SSH Private Keys in Remote Alert Handlers (Linux) Rule

> Attackers can view SSH private keys in the web interface, potentially allowing unauthorized execution of alert handlers on monitored hosts.

- **Severity:** Low 2.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5393-2v6g-pgwc, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-65000

## What is CVE-2025-65000?

CVE-2025-65000 is a low-severity vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk, published on 18 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SSH private keys of the "Remote alert handlers (Linux)" rule were exposed in the rule page's HTML source in Checkmk <= 2.4.0p18 and all versions of Checkmk 2.3.0. This potentially allowed unauthorized triggering of predefined alert handlers on hosts where the handler was deployed.

Weakness: CWE-212 (Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-65000?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Checkmk Checkmk.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-65000?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-65000 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-65000 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-65000 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-65000 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-65000 is a low-severity vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk, published on 18 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-65000 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-2025-65000/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65000/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65000
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65000
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-65000

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65000/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.