{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14852","details":"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).","modified":"2026-07-15T19:47:56.882111857Z","published":"2026-07-14T10:16:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-14852"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-14852"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14852"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://checkmk.com/werk/20104"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"check-mk","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/check-mk?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.2.6p5-1","1.2.6p12-1","1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1","1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"check-mk-agent","binary_version":"1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_version":"1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"check-mk-agent-logwatch"},{"binary_name":"check-mk-config-icinga","binary_version":"1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"check-mk-config-nagios3","binary_version":"1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"check-mk-livestatus","binary_version":"1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"check-mk-multisite","binary_version":"1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_version":"1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"check-mk-server"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14852.json"}},{"package":{"name":"check-mk","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/check-mk?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.1","1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"check-mk-agent","binary_version":"1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_version":"1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"check-mk-agent-logwatch"},{"binary_name":"check-mk-config-icinga","binary_version":"1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"check-mk-livestatus","binary_version":"1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"check-mk-multisite","binary_version":"1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_version":"1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"check-mk-server"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14852.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}