CVE-2024-22116

Remote code execution within ping script

State: Published
Severity: 9.9 Critical
Published: Aug 9, 2024
Updated: Nov 3, 2025
Reserved: Jan 5, 2024

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.9 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	Zabbix

Weaknesses

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ZabbixZabbix	6.4.9 through 6.4.15Affectedfrom 6.4.16rc1Not affected 7.0.0alpha1 through 7.0.0rc2Affectedfrom 7.0.0rc3Not affected

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