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CVE-2022-23131

Zabbix Frontend Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

8
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the case of instances where the SAML SSO authentication is enabled (non-default), session data can be modified by a malicious actor, because a user login stored in the session was not verified. Malicious unauthenticated actor may exploit this issue to escalate privileges and gain admin access to Zabbix Frontend. To perform the attack, SAML authentication is required to be enabled and the actor has to know the username of Zabbix user (or use the guest account, which is disabled by default).

En el caso de las instancias en las que la autenticación SAML SSO está habilitada (no por defecto), los datos de la sesión pueden ser modificados por un actor malicioso, ya que un login de usuario almacenado en la sesión no fue verificado. Un actor malicioso no autenticado puede explotar este problema para escalar privilegios y conseguir acceso de administrador a Zabbix Frontend. Para llevar a cabo el ataque, es requerido que la autenticación SAML esté habilitada y que el actor conozca el nombre de usuario de Zabbix (o que use la cuenta de invitado, que está deshabilitada por defecto)

Unsafe client-side session storage leading to authentication bypass/instance takeover via Zabbix Frontend with configured SAML.

*Credits: Zabbix wants to thank Thomas Chauchefoin from SonarSource for reporting this issue to us
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-01-11 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-01-13 CVE Published
  • 2022-02-19 First Exploit
  • 2022-02-22 Exploited in Wild
  • 2022-03-08 KEV Due Date
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
CWE
  • CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Zabbix
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Zabbix
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>= 5.4.0 <= 5.4.8
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-
Affected
Zabbix
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Zabbix
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6.0.0
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alpha1
Affected