CVE-2022-23131 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2022-23131

Unsafe client-side session storage leading to authentication bypass/instance takeover via Zabbix Frontend with configured SAML

Vulnerability Description

In the case of instances where the SAML SSO authentication is enabled (non-default), session data can be modified by a malicious actor, because a user login stored in the session was not verified. Malicious unauthenticated actor may exploit this issue to escalate privileges and gain admin access to Zabbix Frontend. To perform the attack, SAML authentication is required to be enabled and the actor has to know the username of Zabbix user (or use the guest account, which is disabled by default).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Zabbix wants to thank Thomas Chauchefoin from SonarSource for reporting this issue to us

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Frontend
Vulnerable Versions:
5.4.0 - 5.4.8, 5.4.9

Timeline

Official Publish: January 13th, 2022
Last Modified: October 21st, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)