Werk #11461: Windows agent: Improved protection of configuration files

Component

Checks & agents

Title

Windows agent: Improved protection of configuration files

Date

Sep 10, 2020

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Security Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.0.0i1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.6.0p18	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

With this fix only System and Administrators can access main configuration files of the Windows agent, check_mk.user.yml and check_mk.bakery.yml, thus preventing unauthorized access to potentially sensitive data.

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