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CVE-2023-29451· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Zabbix

Denial of service caused by a bug in the JSON parser

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.78% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 55.4% of all records.
  • 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.
  • Fixed version: Zabbix Zabbix 6.0.15rc1, 6.2.9rc2, 6.4.1rc2.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 4.7, NVD 7.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Zabbix Zabbix 6.0.15rc1, 6.2.9rc2, 6.4.1rc2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Specially crafted string can cause a buffer overrun in the JSON parser library leading to a crash of the Zabbix Server or a Zabbix Proxy.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 13, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.7% · 55th percentile

Report tools

JSON

Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.5
CNA · Zabbix
4.7
2.8 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
zabbixzabbix

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • zabbix zabbixup to 6.0.14 inclusive
  • zabbix zabbix6.4.2 and later · up to 6.4.4 inclusive
  • zabbix zabbix6.4.0

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 and later · up to and including 6.0.14affected · gitfixed in 6.0.15rc1
    • 6.2 and later · up to and including 6.2.8affected · gitfixed in 6.2.9rc2
    • 6.4 and later · up to and including 6.4.0affected · gitfixed in 6.4.1rc2
    • 7.0.0alpha1 and later · up to and including 7.0.0alpha1affected · gitfixed in 7.0.0alpha1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:10zabbixbefore 1:4.0.4+dfsg-1+deb10u21:4.0.4+dfsg-1+deb10u2
Debian:12zabbixfrom 0—
Debian:13zabbixbefore 1:6.0.23+dfsg-11:6.0.23+dfsg-1

Same product

zabbix: all records

Other 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 SAMLKEV
    98Now
  • CVE-2022-23134Possible view of the setup pages by unauthenticated users if config file already existsKEV
    80Now
  • 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 t
    64This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-29449Jul 13, 2023 · Limited control of resource utilization in JS preprocessing
    19Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-29450Jul 13, 2023 · Unauthorized limited filesystem access from preprocessing
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-29452Jul 13, 2023 · Remove possibility to add html into Geomap attribution field
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Zabbix Zabbix6.0.15rc1Vendor (CNA)
Zabbix Zabbix6.2.9rc2Vendor (CNA)
Zabbix Zabbix6.4.1rc2Vendor (CNA)
Zabbix Zabbix7.0.0alpha1Vendor (CNA)
debian:zabbix1:6.0.23+dfsg-1 · Debian:13Package 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

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

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.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

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

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

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
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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