DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion
Priority LOW 27CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Zabbix server is vulnerable to a DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion. An attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server, which will cause the server to allocate an excessive amount of memory and perform CPU-intensive decompression operations, ultimately leading to a service crash.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00356 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0.0 to before 6.0.39; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.10; 7.2.0 to before 7.2.4 | Vulnerable | Zabbix |
- cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 to before 6.0.39; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.10; 7.2.0 to before 7.2.4 Vulnerable ·Zabbix
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45700
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8w8h-m7f2-m6c4
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-2024-45700 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-45700 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8w8h-m7f2-m6c4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-45700 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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