CVE-2022-23132: Incorrect permissions of [/var/run/zabbix] forces dac_override

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

During Zabbix installation from RPM, DAC_OVERRIDE SELinux capability is in use to access PID files in [/var/run/zabbix] folder. In this case, Zabbix Proxy or Server processes can bypass file read, write and execute permissions check on the file system level

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35
Zabbix: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.36; from 5.0.0 through 5.0.18; from 5.4.0 through 5.4.8; 6.0.0-alpha1, 6.0.0-alpha2, 6.0.0-alpha3, 6.0.0-alpha4, 6.0.0-alpha5, 6.0.0-alpha6 (+1)

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6SZYHXINBKCY42ITFSNCYE7KCSF33VRA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VB6W556GVXOKUYTASTDGL3AI7S3SJHX7/
https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-20341
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00000.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6SZYHXINBKCY42ITFSNCYE7KCSF33VRA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VB6W556GVXOKUYTASTDGL3AI7S3SJHX7/
https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-20341

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