CVE-2024-28833
Missing brute-force protection for two factor authentication
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts with two factor authentication methods in Checkmk 2.3 before 2.3.0p6 facilitates brute-forcing of second factor mechanisms.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Missing brute-force protection for two factor authentication
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts with two factor authentication methods in Checkmk 2.3 before 2.3.0p6 facilitates brute-forcing of second factor mechanisms.
- Record
CVE-2024-28833- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-25919
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts with two factor authentication methods in Checkmk 2.3 before 2.3.0p6 facilitates brute-forcing of second factor mechanisms.
- Record
EUVD-2024-25919- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-59h5-f896-qx2f
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts with two factor authentication methods...
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts with two factor authentication methods in Checkmk 2.3 before 2.3.0p6 facilitates brute-forcing of second factor mechanisms.
- Record
GHSA-59h5-f896-qx2f- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts with two factor authentication methods in Checkmk 2.3 before 2.3.0p6 facilitates brute-forcing of second factor mechanisms.
- Record
CVE-2024-28833- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Missing brute-force protection for two factor authentication
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts with two factor authentication methods in Checkmk 2.3 before 2.3.0p6 facilitates brute-forcing of second factor mechanisms.
- Record
CVE-2024-28833- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28833
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts with two factor authentication methods in Checkmk 2.3 before 2.3.0p6 facilitates brute-forcing of second factor mechanisms.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28833- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-28833 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Checkmk, published June 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.