What is CVE-2025-1712?

CVE-2025-1712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Checkmk, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-1712?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Checkmk

CVE-2025-1712

Argument injection in special agent configuration in Checkmk <2.4.0p1, <2.3.0p32, <2.2.0p42 and 2.1.0 allows authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files

Published 2025-05-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Checkmk — versions 2.2.0, 2.3.0, 2.4.0
Checkmk Gmbh — versions 2.4.0, 2.3.0, 2.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

checkmk.com/werk/17996 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1712?: CVE-2025-1712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Checkmk, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-1712?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.