Vulnerability · CVE-2022-23134
Zabbix Frontend Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Published Jan 13, 2022 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Zabbix Frontend
Patch now
CVE-2022-23134 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 8, 2022. Confirm Zabbix Frontend against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
- Severity
- Medium5.3
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 95.26%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe debian/debian linux · cpe fedoraproject/fedora · cpe zabbix/zabbix · vendor Zabbix Frontend
After the initial setup process, some steps of setup.php file are reachable not only by super-administrators, but by unauthenticated users as well. Malicious actor can pass step checks and potentially change the configuration of Zabbix Frontend.
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- cpe debian/debian linux9.0
- cpe fedoraproject/fedora34
- cpe zabbix/zabbix6.0.0
- vendor Zabbix Frontendversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2022-23134
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Mar 8, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2022-23134 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 8, 2022. Confirm Zabbix Frontend against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 9.0. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-284: Improper Access Control; CWE-287: Improper Authentication. EPSS 95.26%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jan 13, 2022 · Catalog
Detected
After the initial setup process, some steps of setup.php file are reachable not only by super-administrators, but by unauthenticated users as well. Malicious actor can pass step checks and potentially change the configuration of Zabbix Frontend.
Feb 22, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Mar 8, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
After the initial setup process, some steps of setup.php file are reachable not only by super-administrators, but by unauthenticated users as well. Malicious actor can pass step checks and potentially change the configuration of Zabbix Frontend.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-23134
Malicious actors can pass step checks and potentially change the configuration of Zabbix Frontend.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-23134
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-23134
30-day exploitation probability 95.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-23134
After the initial setup process, some steps of setup.php file are reachable not only by super-administrators, but by unauthenticated users as well. Malicious actor can pass step checks and potentially change the configuration of Zabbix Frontend.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-23134
Malicious actors can pass step checks and potentially change the configuration of Zabbix Frontend.
vulncheck.com
References
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cert.gov.ua
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- Mailing List · lists.debian.org
- Release Notes · lists.fedoraproject.org
- Release Notes · lists.fedoraproject.org
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- Issue Tracking · support.zabbix.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.