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Zabbix CVE-2026-23922

| EUVDEUVD-2026-60731 LOW
Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522)
2026-08-18 Zabbix GHSA-wx93-p8qg-2gp4
2.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: Zabbix
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain Super Admin credentials
  2. Delivery
    Navigate to email media OAuth configuration
  3. Exploit
    Set Token endpoint to attacker-controlled URL
  4. Execution
    Save configuration
  5. Persist
    Zabbix transmits client secret to malicious endpoint
  6. Impact
    Capture OAuth client secret

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Credential protection in transit/storage
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires Super Admin privileges within Zabbix - the highest privilege level in the platform. Additionally, an email media type must be configured with OAuth 2.0 authentication and a saved Client Secret must already be present. The attacker must have write access to the media type configuration in order to modify the Token endpoint field. The CVSS vector AT:P confirms a specific attack precondition (the OAuth email media configuration) must exist. What limits exploitation: the Super Admin role requirement is a strong limiting factor, as is the dependency on a non-default OAuth email media configuration being in place. There is no path for unauthenticated or low-privilege exploitation. Scope is confined to the client secret credential; no system-level or broader data access results from this vulnerability.

Impact

The real-world risk of this vulnerability is very low. The CVSS 4.0 score of 2.1 with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L reflects the narrow exploitation surface accurately: successful exploitation requires Super Admin-level access within Zabbix, a configured OAuth email media integration with a stored client secret, and the ability to modify the Token endpoint - conditions that collectively limit the realistic threat population to insider threats or fully compromised administrative accounts. AT:P further signals that specific preconditions (an active OAuth email media configuration) must be met. The confidentiality impact is scoped to a single OAuth client secret (VC:L), not broader system credentials or data. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or public proof-of-concept is available, meaning there is no evidence of exploitation in the wild. Because the attacker must already be a Super Admin, the marginal damage of this vulnerability over the baseline risk of a rogue Super Admin is limited - a deployment operated by even a small IT team with proper role separation would be largely unaffected.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A malicious insider with Super Admin privileges navigates to the Zabbix email media configuration, changes the OAuth Token endpoint to a server they control, and saves the configuration. The next time Zabbix attempts an OAuth token exchange - either triggered manually or by an email alert - the server transmits the stored Client Secret to the attacker's endpoint, where it is logged and captured. No public proof-of-concept exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 18, 2026

OAuth client secret exposure in Zabbix email media configuration allows a Super Admin to exfiltrate the stored client secret by pointing the Token endpoint to an attacker-controlled server. Because the secret is masked in the UI after saving but still transmitted when OAuth token requests are made, changing the endpoint URL effectively redirects the credential to an external host. No public exploit or active exploitation has been identified; the vendor has addressed the issue by resetting the client secret whenever the token endpoint is changed.

RemediationAI

The vendor has implemented a fix that automatically resets the OAuth Client Secret when the Token endpoint URL is changed, preventing the leakage path. Organizations should apply the patched Zabbix release referenced in the vendor issue tracker at https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-28067; an exact fixed version number was not independently confirmed from the available data. As a compensating control prior to patching, restrict Super Admin role assignment to the minimum necessary personnel and audit the configured Token endpoint URL for email media OAuth settings to ensure it points to the legitimate identity provider. Enabling Zabbix audit logging to detect unauthorized changes to media type configuration provides detection capability. Note that restricting network egress from the Zabbix server to only known OAuth provider endpoints would also prevent exfiltration to attacker-controlled hosts.

Affected VersionsENISA

Zabbix 7.4.0 ≤7.4.8

Affected Packages

euvd zabbix no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Zabbix is an enterprise-grade open-source network and infrastructure monitoring platform. Its email media type supports OAuth 2.0 authentication, which requires a Client ID and Client Secret. The platform intentionally obscures the Client Secret after it is saved (a common credential-protection UX pattern), but the underlying value is still used when Zabbix authenticates against the configured Token endpoint. CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials) applies here: the credential protection relied solely on UI masking rather than on restricting which endpoints the secret is transmitted to, so a privileged actor could redirect that transmission. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, indicating all Zabbix versions are potentially in scope.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Zabbix) PRIMARY 2.1 LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 2.7 LOW

Super Admin access required (PR:H); only a single OAuth credential exposed (C:L); no integrity or availability impact; scope unchanged.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Zabbix).

CVSS VectorVendor: Zabbix

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The email media OAuth field 'Client secret' cannot be read after saving, but a Super Admin can leak it by setting a malicious 'Token endpoint'. Changes were made to reset the client secret upon changing the token endpoint.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
widely used open-source enterprise monitoring platform globally
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Low
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

10
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +10
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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