API and Frontend login lockout race condition
Zabbix API and Frontend login lockout mechanism has a flaw where several unsuccessful login requests are not properly counted towards the block counter if sent simultaneously, potentially allowing for more password guesses than intended.
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 8, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 5th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-362
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Report tools
Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · Zabbix
- 6.9
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| zabbix | zabbix | cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- zabbix zabbix6.0.0 and later · before 6.0.47
- zabbix zabbix7.0.0 and later · before 7.0.28
- zabbix zabbix7.4.0 and later · before 7.4.12
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Zabbix). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Zabbix Zabbix
- 6.0.0 and later · up to and including 6.0.46affected · gitfixed in 6.0.47
- 7.0.0 and later · up to and including 7.0.27affected · gitfixed in 7.0.28
- 7.4.0 and later · up to and including 7.4.11affected · gitfixed in 7.4.12
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | zabbix | all versions | — |
| Debian:14 | zabbix | before 1:7.0.29+dfsg-1 | 1:7.0.29+dfsg-1 |
Same product
zabbix: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-23131Unsafe client-side session storage leading to authentication bypass/instance takeover via Zabbix Frontend with configured SAMLKEV98Now
- CVE-2022-23134Possible view of the setup pages by unauthenticated users if config file already existsKEV80Now
- CVE-2016-10134SQL injection vulnerability in Zabbix before 2.2.14 and 3.0 before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the t64This week
- CVE-2024-42327SQL injection in user.get API63This week
- CVE-2013-5743Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Zabbix 1.8.x before 1.8.18rc1, 2.0.x before 2.0.9rc1, and 2.1.x before 2.1.7.63This week
- CVE-2024-22120Time Based SQL Injection in Zabbix Server Audit Log58Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Zabbix Zabbix | 6.0.47 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Zabbix Zabbix | 7.0.28 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Zabbix Zabbix | 7.4.12 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:zabbix | 1:7.0.29+dfsg-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Vitaly Simonovichreporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.