CVE-2024-36467

Authentication privilege escalation via user groups due to missing authorization checks

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 27, 2024 at 06:16 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:36 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZabbix

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An authenticated user with API access (e.g.: user with default User role), more specifically a user with access to the user.update API endpoint is enough to be able to add themselves to any group (e.g.: Zabbix Administrators), except to groups that are disabled or having restricted GUI access.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.0.425.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.436.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.326.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.336.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.176.4.0 ≤ v < 6.4.187.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.1rc7.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.1rc17.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.25.0.06.0.06.4.07.0.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-285

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