Incorrect authorization in the User Messages dashboard widget in Checkmk <2.5.0p5 causes the message-fetching endpoints to return the dashboard creator's messages rather than the viewer's, allowing an attacker who knows a valid public dashboard share token to read the issuer's personal messages by sending requests to the underlying endpoint, even without a User Messages widget present.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://checkmk.com/werk/19815 Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.3 · checkmkNVD modified 2026-10-23 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 8
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.5.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.5.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.5.0:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.5.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.5.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.5.0:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.5.0:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://checkmk.com/werk/19815 Vendor Advisory