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Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-26035ZoneMinder vulnerable to Missing Authorization

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity missing authorization in zoneminder from ZoneMinder. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 80.5% (higher than 99.6% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)80.5%top 0.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling3Metasploit, Nuclei, Public PoC

Official 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 are vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Missing Authorization. There are no permissions check on the snapshot action, which expects an id to fetch an existing monitor but can be passed an object to create a new one instead. TriggerOn ends up calling shell_exec using the supplied Id. This issue is fixed in This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.33 and 1.37.33.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20zoneminder1.36.33-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-26035
Alpine:v3.21zoneminder1.36.33-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-26035
Alpine:v3.22zoneminder1.36.33-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-26035
Alpine:v3.23zoneminder1.36.33-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-26035
Alpine:v3.24zoneminder1.36.33-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-26035
Debian:12zoneminder1.36.33+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26035
Debian:13zoneminder1.36.33+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26035
Debian:14zoneminder1.36.33+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26035
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSzoneminderno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-26035
Ubuntu:25.10zoneminderno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-26035
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSzoneminderno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-26035
Ubuntu:26.10zoneminderno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-26035

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ZoneMinder zoneminder < 1.36.33>= 1.37.0, < 1.37.33

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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