CVE-2023-26039 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-26039

ZoneMinder vulnerable to OS Command injection in daemonControl() API

Vulnerability Description

ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application for Linux which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras. Versions prior to 1.36.33 and 1.37.33 contain an OS Command Injection via daemonControl() in (/web/api/app/Controller/HostController.php). Any authenticated user can construct an api command to execute any shell command as the web user. This issue is patched in versions 1.36.33 and 1.37.33.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

zoneminder
Vulnerable Versions:
< 1.36.33, >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.33

Timeline

Official Publish: February 25th, 2023
Last Modified: March 10th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration