9.9

CVE-2024-22116: zabbix Code Injection

CVSS: 9.9v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-22116DEBIAN-CVE-2024-22116
Published 09-08-2024Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-22116 is a critical (CVSS 9.9) Code Injection vulnerability in zabbix. EPSS estimates a 1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.9/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-3909-1

Timeline

  1. 09-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An administrator with restricted permissions can exploit the script execution functionality within the Monitoring Hosts section. The lack of default escaping for script parameters enabled this user ability to execute arbitrary code via the Ping script, thereby compromising infrastructure.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.59% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • zabbixAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:7.0.0+dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • zabbixAll versions (No fix recorded)
Zabbix1 product
  • zabbix≥ 7.0.0alpha1, ≤ 7.0.0rc2 | ≥ 6.4.9, ≤ 6.4.15 | 7.0.0:alpha1 | 7.0.0:alpha2 | 7.0.0:alpha3 | 7.0.0:alpha4 | 7.0.0:alpha5 | 7.0.0:alpha6 | 7.0.0:alpha7 | 7.0.0:alpha8 | 7.0.0:alpha9 | 7.0.0:beta1 | 7.0.0:beta2 | 7.0.0:beta3 | 7.0.0:rc1 | 7.0.0:rc2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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