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CVE-2022-23134

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-02-22 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2022-01-13
  • WeaknessCWE-284 · CWE-287

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-01-1316:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-02-22Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2022-02-22Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2022-02-22Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-01-2917:20SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-23134?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-23134?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Zabbix
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.4≥ 5.4.0, ≤ 5.4.8no fix published
6.0= 6.0.0no fix published
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
34.x= 34no fix published
35.x= 35no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
9.0= 9.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As Zabbix, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Zabbix Frontend
    Affected
    • = 5.4.0 - 5.4.8no fix stated

    Not affected ≥ 5.4.9, < 5.4.9*

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-02-07

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • zabbixopenSUSE:Leap 15.3all versions · fixed in 4.0.37-lp153.2.3.1
  • zabbixDebian:14all versions · fixed in 1:6.0.7+dfsg-2
  • zabbixDebian:13all versions · fixed in 1:6.0.7+dfsg-2
  • zabbixDebian:12all versions · fixed in 1:6.0.7+dfsg-2
  • zabbixDebian:9all versions · fixed in 1:3.0.32+dfsg-0+deb9u2

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2022-23134 Red Hat Product Security

    zabbix: Possible view of the setup pages by unauthenticated users if config file already exists

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-03-08

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedTheN00bBuilder/cve-2022-23134-poc-and-writeup
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-02-22
Patch Due Date
2022-03-08
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Published
2022-01-13
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-mv97-qj5h-25f3

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-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.

Is CVE-2022-23134 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2022-23134 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-03-08.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-23134?

CVE-2022-23134 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

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