Authentication privilege escalation via user groups due to missing authorization checks
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
An authenticated user with API access (e.g.: user with default User role), more specifically a user with access to the user.update API endpoint is enough to be able to add themselves to any group (e.g.: Zabbix Administrators), except to groups that are disabled or having restricted GUI access.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.0 to before 5.0.43; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.33; 6.4.0 to before 6.4.18; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.2 | Vulnerable | Zabbix |
- cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 to before 5.0.43; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.33; 6.4.0 to before 6.4.18; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.2 Vulnerable ·Zabbix
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-36467
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xwvj-c6cj-6xgw
References
More Zabbix vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-07300 Authentication bypass by spoofing in Zabbix Frontend KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28315 SQL injection in user.get API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2016-08210 SQL injection vulnerability in Zabbix before 2.2.14 and 3.0 before 3.0.4 allows remote… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2013-04884 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Zabbix 1.8.x before 1.8.18rc1, 2.0.x before 2.0.9rc1, and 2.1.x before 2.1.7. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-07303 Possible view of the setup pages by unauthenticated users if config file already exists KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-14721 Time Based SQL Injection in Zabbix Server Audit Log CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-36467 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-36467 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xwvj-c6cj-6xgw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-36467 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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