Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessAuthenticate as limited Zabbix administrator
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ExploitConfigure JavaScript (Duktape) preprocessing step
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ExecutionTrigger out-of-bounds heap read
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ImpactExfiltrate data from other preprocessors
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK
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| Exploitation Conditions | The attacker must hold a 'limited administrator' account on the Zabbix server (consistent with CVSS PR:H) and must be able to define or run a JavaScript preprocessing step, which uses the embedded Duktape engine - this feature must be in use for the heap data to be exposed. Exploitation is bounded by these factors: a valid privileged (though restricted) account is required, so this is not unauthenticated; the leaked data is limited to heap contents of other preprocessors running in the shared engine, meaning what is exposed depends on concurrent preprocessing activity; and there is no integrity or availability impact. This is a privilege-boundary / data-isolation bypass among administrators rather than an external remote compromise. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity information-disclosure issue, not a top-tier emergency. The vendor-supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N) scores 6.9 (medium) and is internally consistent with the description: exploitation requires high privileges (PR:H - a 'limited administrator' account on the Zabbix server), has low attack complexity, needs no user interaction, and yields a high confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability impact. CWE-125 (out-of-bounds read) aligns with the 'read raw heap data' behavior. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit were provided in the input, so exploitation status is: no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The key mitigating signal is PR:H - an attacker must already hold a privileged (if restricted) administrator account, which sharply narrows the realistic threat to insiders or post-compromise privilege-boundary escalation rather than mass remote exploitation. The signals are not conflicting: a high-confidentiality but privilege-gated flaw correctly lands in the medium band. The main caveat is data sparsity - only a single Zabbix tracker reference (ZBX-28193) was supplied, with no EPSS, no independent advisory detail, and no confirmed fixed version, so prioritization should be 'patch in normal cycle' rather than emergency unless the environment exposes the Zabbix admin interface to many semi-trusted users. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A user holding a limited (restricted) Zabbix administrator account configures an item with a JavaScript preprocessing step and uses it to trigger an out-of-bounds read in the Duktape engine, reading raw heap memory. Because preprocessors run in a shared process, the attacker can harvest sensitive data belonging to other preprocessing tasks they are not authorized to see, such as credentials or monitored values from other tenants or hosts. No public proof-of-concept was identified in the provided data; exploitation requires the attacker to already possess the limited-admin privilege indicated by PR:H. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 05, 2026
Information disclosure in the Zabbix server's JavaScript preprocessing engine (embedded Duktape interpreter) allows an authenticated 'limited administrator' account to read raw heap memory and potentially expose data belonging to other concurrently running preprocessors that the account should not be able to access. The root cause is an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in the JavaScript preprocessing path; exploitation requires only the ability to define or run a JavaScript preprocessing step, and there is no integrity or availability impact. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis and there is no CISA KEV entry; this is a moderate-severity privilege-boundary/tenant-isolation issue (CVSS 4.0 base 6.9; assessed CVSS 3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) rather than an unauthenticated remote compromise.
RemediationAI
Patch status is not confirmed from the available data: the only reference provided (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-28193) is the Zabbix support ticket tracking this issue, and no fixed version is stated, so treat this as 'no vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis' and check ZBX-28193 and Zabbix release notes for the exact fixed version before upgrading. Until an upgrade is available, the highest-value compensating control is to remove or disable JavaScript preprocessing steps on the Zabbix server - evaluate items and templates that use it and replace them with equivalent non-JavaScript preprocessing or an external preprocessing pipeline; the trade-off is that dependent items and templates will stop producing data or must be rewritten, which can be disruptive for monitoring coverage. In parallel, tighten the 'limited administrator' role: audit which accounts can create or edit item preprocessing, restrict that permission to a small trusted group, and ensure untrusted administrators cannot define JavaScript preprocessing at all - this directly removes the PR:H prerequisite but requires role/user-role reconfiguration in Zabbix. Because exploitation requires the shared engine to be running another preprocessor simultaneously, reducing concurrent JavaScript preprocessing activity lowers (but does not eliminate) the chance of meaningful leakage. There is no indication that network-level controls such as port blocking mitigate this, since the vector is a privileged, network-reachable API path; treat the Zabbix frontend and API as administrative interfaces and limit their exposure, and monitor audit logs for unexpected changes to preprocessing configuration while awaiting a vendor fix.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Zabbix server supports JavaScript-based item/value preprocessing implemented via the embedded Duktape ECMAScript engine, which executes administrator-supplied scripts inside the Zabbix server process. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read): a bounds-handling weakness in that preprocessing/engine path allows a script to return or expose memory beyond the intended buffer boundary, surfacing raw heap contents instead of only the script's own data. Because preprocessing runs within a shared server process, heap regions may contain residual data from other preprocessors or items being evaluated concurrently, so what leaks depends on what activity is underway at that moment. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) confirms a network-reachable, high-privilege (authenticated, restricted-administrator) attack with high confidentiality impact only - no integrity, availability, or scope change. The practical significance is a data-isolation failure that lets one restricted administrator observe fragments of another context's processing data, not code execution or denial of service. The CPE record cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses wildcard versioning and does not by itself narrow the affected release range; the vendor advisory (ZBX-28193) is the authoritative source for exact affected builds.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Zabbix server is managed over the network (AV:N) with low complexity, but a privileged limited-admin account is required (PR:H); impact is confidentiality-only heap disclosure (C:H, I:N, A:N).
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CVSS VectorVendor: Zabbix
DescriptionCVE.org
The JavaScript preprocessing (Duktape) engine on Zabbix server has a vulnerability where a limited administrator is able to read raw heap data potentially resulting in leaked data from other running preprocessors not available to said administrator.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
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EUVD-2026-92395
GHSA-wg6x-hw9j-7vg6
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