7.3

CVE-2025-27237: zabbix Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVSS: 7.3v4.0HighDeferred
Published 03-10-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-27237 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in zabbix. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Zabbix Agent and Agent 2 on Windows, the OpenSSL configuration file is loaded from a path writable by low-privileged users, allowing malicious modification and potential local privilege escalation by injecting a DLL.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

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

Zabbix1 product
  • zabbix≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.40 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.17 | ≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.11 | ≥ 7.4.0, ≤ 7.4.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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