What is CVE-2022-4884?

CVE-2022-4884 is a low-severity vulnerability in Checkmk, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2022-4884?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Checkmk

CVE-2022-4884

Path-Traversal in MKP storing in Tribe29 Checkmk <=2.0.0p32 and <= 2.1.0p18 allows an administrator to write mkp files to arbitrary locations via a malicious mkp file.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Checkmk — versions 2.0.0, 2.1.0
Tribe29 Checkmk — versions 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 1.6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

checkmk.com/werk/15065 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4884?: CVE-2022-4884 is a low-severity vulnerability in Checkmk, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2022-4884?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.