CVE-2024-6572
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem'
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem' in Checkmk before Checkmk 2.3.0p15, 2.2.0p33, 2.1.0p48 and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept traffic
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem'
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem' in Checkmk before Checkmk 2.3.0p15, 2.2.0p33, 2.1.0p48 and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept traffic
- Record
CVE-2024-6572- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-322
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-47644
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem' in Checkmk before Checkmk 2.3.0p15, 2.2.0p33, 2.1.0p48 and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept traffic
- Record
EUVD-2024-47644- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rwxw-p86h-g9q6
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and...
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem' in Checkmk before Checkmk 2.3.0p15, 2.2.0p33, 2.1.0p48 and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept traffic
- Record
GHSA-rwxw-p86h-g9q6- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-322
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem' in Checkmk before Checkmk 2.3.0p15, 2.2.0p33, 2.1.0p48 and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept traffic
- Record
CVE-2024-6572- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-322
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem'
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem' in Checkmk before Checkmk 2.3.0p15, 2.2.0p33, 2.1.0p48 and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept traffic
- Record
CVE-2024-6572- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-322
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-6572
Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem' in Checkmk before Checkmk 2.3.0p15, 2.2.0p33, 2.1.0p48 and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept traffic
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6572- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2024-6572 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Checkmk, published September 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.