3.7

CVE-2024-42332: zabbix Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CVSS: 3.7v3.1LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42332DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42332
Published 27-11-2024Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42332 is a low (CVSS 3.7) Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in zabbix. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
15/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.7/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.61%
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-3984-1

Timeline

  1. 27-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The researcher is showing that due to the way the SNMP trap log is parsed, an attacker can craft an SNMP trap with additional lines of information and have forged data show in the Zabbix UI. This attack requires SNMP auth to be off and/or the attacker to know the community/auth details. The attack requires an SNMP item to be configured as text on the target host.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.61% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.61%

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) | < 1:7.0.5+dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • zabbixAll versions (No fix recorded)
Zabbix1 product
  • zabbix≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.34 | ≥ 6.4.0, < 6.4.19 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.4 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.35 | ≥ 6.4.0, < 6.4.20 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links