Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-27238

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.

Published Sep 12, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 19, 2026 · Zabbix Zabbix

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-27238. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Zabbix Zabbix is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Low2.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.19%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe zabbix/zabbix · vendor Zabbix Zabbix 7.2.0 ≤7.2.7

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.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe zabbix/zabbixversion unspecified
  • vendor Zabbix Zabbix 7.2.0 ≤7.2.77.2.0 ≤7.2.7

How to fix CVE-2025-27238

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-27238. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Zabbix Zabbix is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Zabbix Zabbix 7.2.0 ≤7.2.7 7.2.0 ≤7.2.7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-284: Improper Access Control. EPSS 0.19%. There is no CISA KEV listing. 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.

  1. Sep 12, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Oct 19, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-27238

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-27238

    30-day exploitation probability 0.19%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-29034

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-27238

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 19, 2026