What is CVE-2024-38862?

CVE-2024-38862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Checkmk, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-10-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-38862?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Checkmk

CVE-2024-38862

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in Checkmk GmbH's Checkmk versions <2.3.0p18, <2.2.0p35, <2.1.0p48 and <=2.0.0p39 (EOL) causes SNMP and IMPI secrets of host and folder properties to be written to audit log files accessible to administrators.

Published 2024-10-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Checkmk — versions 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0
Checkmk Gmbh — versions 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

checkmk.com/werk/17095 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38862?: CVE-2024-38862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Checkmk, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-38862?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.