CVE-2022-23134
Published 2022-01-13 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security@zabbix.com
Summary
CVE-2022-23134 is a low-severity (CVSS 3.7) vulnerability in Zabbix Frontend. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 22, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by March 8, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Zabbix has 2 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 2 known-exploited Zabbix vulnerabilities →Description
After the initial setup process, some steps of setup.php file are reachable not only by super-administrators, but by unauthenticated users as well. Malicious actor can pass step checks and potentially change the configuration of Zabbix Frontend.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Zabbix — Frontend
Name: Zabbix Frontend Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-02-22 · Due: 2022-03-08
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6SZYHXINBKCY42ITFSNCYE7KCSF33VRA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VB6W556GVXOKUYTASTDGL3AI7S3SJHX7/
- https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-20384
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6SZYHXINBKCY42ITFSNCYE7KCSF33VRA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VB6W556GVXOKUYTASTDGL3AI7S3SJHX7/
- https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-20384

