CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2024-22116 — An administrator with restricted permissions can exploit the script execution functionality within the Monitoring Hosts section
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.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.9 (3.1)
- Published
- 2024-08-12
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Affected products
- zabbix / zabbix
- zabbix / zabbix / 7.0.0
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Matched remediation archetype
Command, code, expression, and template injection
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Check exposure
- Trace untrusted values to process execution, interpreters, evaluators, template engines, dynamic imports, and administrative scripting features.
- Determine whether the affected path is reachable across each trust boundary and which service account or host privilege it inherits.
- Review configuration for optional execution features, unsafe compatibility modes, and shell invocation.
Remediate safely
- Replace string-built commands or evaluated code with fixed operations and structured argument APIs that do not invoke a shell.
- Use strict allowlists for operation identifiers and reject unexpected input before it reaches any interpreter.
- Update the affected component and add inert regression tests covering metacharacters, encoding variants, and alternate request paths.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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