# CVE-2024-38865

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-38865
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 6 (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-140
- **Published:** Apr 10, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

Improper neutralization of livestatus command delimiters in a specific endpoint within RestAPI of Checkmk prior to 2.2.0p39, 2.3.0p25, and 2.1.0p51 (EOL) allows arbitrary livestatus command execution. Exploitation requires the attacker to have a contact group assigned to their user account and for an event to originate from a host with the same contact group or from an event generated with an unknown host.

## Affected Products

- Checkmk GmbH — Checkmk (2.3.0)
- Checkmk GmbH — Checkmk (2.2.0)
- Checkmk GmbH — Checkmk (2.1.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://checkmk.com/werk/17028)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.86%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 56.5

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._