High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2026· Updated May 26, 2026
CVE-2024-47091
CVE-2024-47091
Description
Privilege escalation in the mk_mysql agent plugin on Windows in Checkmk <2.4.0p29, <2.3.0p47, and 2.2.0 (EOL) allows a local unprivileged user able to create a Windows service whose name matches 'MySQL' or 'MariaDB' (or with write access to a binary referenced by such a service) to execute arbitrary code in the context of the Checkmk agent service, which typically runs as SYSTEM.
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References
1- checkmk.com/werk/19198nvdVendor Advisory
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