ZoneMinder failed token handling bypasses web authentication
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
ZoneMinder from 1.34.0 before 1.36.63 mishandles failed token authentication in its web interface. A false return from validateToken() is stored as the user, so the web gate treats the request as logged in and skips the login redirect (CWE-287). An unauthenticated remote attacker can reach the zones view and read monitor and zone metadata, though unauthorized state changes have not been established.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
ZoneMinder is a free, open source closed-circuit television software application. In versions 1.34.0 through 1.36.38, the web interface mishandles failed token authentication in web/includes/auth.php. validateToken() returns false when a token is malformed or has an invalid signature, but the caller assigns that value to the global $user variable; because web/index.php tests isset($user), boolean false is treated as a present user and the normal login redirect is skipped. This can dispatch views that rely on the outer authentication gate, including the zones view, which accepts an attacker-selected monitor ID and discloses monitor and zone metadata without an independent permission check. Permission helpers receive the false user value and deny privileged operations, so unauthorized state changes have not been established. This vulnerability is fixed in version 1.36.63, where conversion to ZM\User objects causes invalid token state to fail before view dispatch. Later defense-in-depth changes explicitly leave $user unset after failed token validation and reject non-ZM\User values at the web authentication gate.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZoneMinder | zoneminder | 1.34.0 to before 1.36.63 | 1.36.63 | Patch available | CNA |
- zoneminder VendorZoneMinder Affected 1.34.0 to before 1.36.63 Fixed in 1.36.63 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:zoneminder:zoneminder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | ZoneMinder |
- cpe:2.3:a:zoneminder:zoneminder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ZoneMinder
Remediation
Upgrade ZoneMinder to version 1.36.63, which the source description names as the fixed version. The sources list no advisory identifier for this fix.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA zoneminder (ZoneMinder) Fixed in 1.36.63
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104198
References
Other 7
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-23fj-frfw-hmcr
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/144a04ca4fff5fd02745ce8afc239ba5e05cf8ac
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/6b94903e634fdb46cb71a48eadccf1aa14f0c2bb
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/71bb186b230dbe2aba5e2f804c36810aae892088
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/95460a945ab7e5c63dc0551bdd6230a3026ceb9e
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/969baa38912018b502617d09e836d0bfa57d4af6
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/d71fbb805e4695a9599498a1a2ee3b286ef41c96
More ZoneMinder vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-40444 ZoneMinder v1.36.34 is vulnerable to Command Injection in web/views/image.php. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-11269 ZoneMinder vulnerable to Missing Authorization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-18665 Database log access in ZoneMinder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-12167 ZoneMinder before 1.36.13 allows remote code execution via an invalid language. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-34403 Boolean-based SQL Injection in ZoneMinder v1.37.* <= 1.37.64 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-29012 ZoneMinder Time-based SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
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