Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication
CVE-2022-23131

Zabbix Frontend Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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…

CheckOps priority index
8.9/10 Patch within 24 h
Severity9.1
Probability9.6
Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 95.7% higher than 99.9% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 9.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:
Exploited for 1,715 days 22 Feb 2022
CISA due date 08 Mar 2022 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)22 Feb 2022
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)22 Feb 2022
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %95.7%
  • No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

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).

Affected products

Frontend
Affected versions
  • 5.4.0 - 5.4.8
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

  5. EPSS peak: 95.7%

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2022-23134Zabbix Frontend Improper Access Control Vulnerability
    6.7 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities