CVE-2017-14955
Check_MK before 1.2.8p26 mishandles certain errors within the failed-login save feature because of a race condition, which allows remote…
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Description
Check_MK before 1.2.8p26 mishandles certain errors within the failed-login save feature because of a race condition, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information by reading a GUI crash report.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Check_MK 1.2.8p25 - Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43021webapps, pythonpublished 18 Oct 2017Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 43021 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
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Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.1% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 43021 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://mathias-kettner.com/check_mk_werks.php?edition_id=raw&branch=1.2.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://mathias-kettner.de/check_mk_werks.php?werk_id=5208&HTML=yes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-6431 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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