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TI-2026-74996 Aliases CVE-2026-104198

ZoneMinder failed token handling bypasses web authentication

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-287Published · Updated

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

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00386 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed zoneminder (ZoneMinder): 1.36.63

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ZoneMinderzoneminder1.34.0 to before 1.36.631.36.63Patch availableCNA
  • 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.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
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

  1. 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104198

References

  • 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
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Sources

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