CVE-2026-14852CWE-78

mk_sap_hana: Privilege escalation via crafted sapstartsrv process name

Medium · published July 14, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
EPSS
0.00179 · 7.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2026-07-14T09:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 JUL 09:26Z
    mk_sap_hana: Privilege escalation via crafted sapstartsrv process name
    cvelistv5