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CVE-2026-14852

mk_sap_hana: Privilege escalation via crafted sapstartsrv process name

MEDIUM
5.2
CVSS Score
Published: July 14, 2026 at 09:26 AM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCheckmk

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Severity
MEDIUM5.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Privilege escalation in Checkmk versions 2.5.0 before 2.5.0p9, 2.4.0 before 2.4.0p34, 2.3.0 before 2.3.0p49, and 2.2.0 (EOL) allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary commands as root by starting a process crafted to look like a SAP HANA instance. Without an explicit database configuration, the mk_sap_hana agent plugin derives instance identifiers from the process list and uses them to build a command executed with elevated privileges (requires the plugin to run as root with RUNAS=agent).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Checkmk· Checkmk
90%
2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.0p492.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.0p342.5.0 ≤ v < 2.5.0p92.2.02.3.02.4.02.5.0
Affected range stops below 2.3.0p49, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.0p34, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.5.0p9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://checkmk.com/werk/20104

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.2MEDIUMCheckmk
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-78

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