CVE-2024-6572

Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem'

6.3 Medium

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 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?

Severity: 6.3 MediumCVSS 4.0, CVE List
Exploit chance: 0.34%EPSS, 28th percentile
Exploitation: None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in: No fix listedNo source names one

Description

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

0.34%Up 0.3 points since Sep 10, 2024

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`check-mk` Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.6p5-11.2.6p12-11.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.11.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1	None known
`check-mk` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.11.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2	None known

What each source reports

CVE List Score used6.3

Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and filesystem'

Record: CVE-2024-6572
CVSS 4.0: 6.3 MediumCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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-2024-476446.3

Record: EUVD-2024-47644
CVSS 4.0: 6.3 MediumCVSS: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-g9q66.3

Improper host key checking in active check 'Check SFTP Service' and special agent 'VNX quotas and...

Record: GHSA-rwxw-p86h-g9q6
CVSS 4.0: 6.3 MediumCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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

NVD6.3

Record: CVE-2024-6572
CVSS 4.0: 6.3 MediumCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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

OSV6.3