API hostprototype.get lists data to users with insufficient authorization.
Priority LOW 11CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Due to a bug in Zabbix API, the hostprototype.get method lists all host prototypes to users that do not have any user groups assigned to them.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00192 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed 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.
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27238
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8m2h-w74v-v385
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-2025-27238 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-27238 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8m2h-w74v-v385 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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