Zabbix
CVE-2024-45700
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource allocation limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.0 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.20%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
Zabbix server is vulnerable to a DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Set resource limits, implement rate limiting, validate input sizes.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits (CWE-770), which allows attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. Zabbix server is vulnerable to a DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion. An attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server, which will cause the server to allocate an excessive amount of memory and perform CPU-intensive decompression operations, ultimately leading to a service crash. Affected products include: Zabbix.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Zabbix server is vulnerable to a DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion. An attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server, which will cause the server to allocate an excessive amount of memory and perform CPU-intensive decompression operations, ultimately leading to a service crash.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using Zabbix server should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2024-45700 rated CVSS 6.0. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
SQL injection vulnerability in Zabbix before 2.2.14 and 3.0 before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQ
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the trapper command functionality of Zabbix Server 2.4.X. Rated hi
The mysql user parameter configuration script (userparameter_mysql.conf) in the agent in Zabbix before 2.0.18, 2.2.x bef
A Firewall Rule which allows all incoming TCP connections to all programs from any source and to all ports is created in
Zabbix Frontend provides a feature that allows admins to maintain the installation and ensure that only certain IP addre
An issue was discovered in Grafana through 7.3.4, when integrated with Zabbix. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this
An issue was discovered in zabbix.php?action=dashboard.view&dashboardid=1 in Zabbix through 4.4. Rated critical severity
Zabbix server can perform command execution for configured scripts. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability i
SQL injection vulnerability in frontends/php/popup_bitem.php in Zabbix 1.8.15rc1 and earlier, and 2.x before 2.0.2rc1, a
Zabbix before 1.8.19rc1, 2.0 before 2.0.10rc1, and 2.2 before 2.2.1rc1 allows remote Zabbix servers and proxies to execu
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Zabbix 7.0.x and 7.4.x allows authenticated administrators with non-super privilege
The Zabbix Agent 2 item key smart.disk.get does not sanitize its parameters before passing them to a shell command resul
Same technique Denial Of Service
View allVendor StatusVendor
SUSE
Severity: Medium| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | Fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | Fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | Fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | Fixed |
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