Disable Zscaler using machine tunnel restart
Priority LOW 24CWE-354Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value in Zscaler Client Connector on Windows allows an authenticated user to disable ZIA/ZPA by interrupting the service restart from Zscaler Diagnostics. This issue affects Client Connector: before 4.2.0.149.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00229 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Client Connector (Zscaler): 4.2.0.149
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Client Connector (Zscaler) Fixed in 4.2.0.149
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-28802
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-67fh-hvmh-rhv8
References
More Zscaler Client Connector vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-09334 The Zscaler Client Connector for Windows prior to 2.1.2.74 had a stack based buffer… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-15528 Local Privilege Escalation via lack of input validation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-15526 Insecure MacOS code sign check fallback CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-15505 Multiple Arbitrary Creates/Overwrites by link following CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-13308 Out-of-bounds write to heap in pacparser CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-13315 ZCC on Linux privilege escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-28802 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-28802 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-67fh-hvmh-rhv8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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