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CVE-2023-26032: ZoneMinder contains SQL injection via malicious Jason Web Token

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

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 SQL Injection via malicious jason web token. The Username field of the JWT token was trusted when performing an SQL query to load the user. If an attacker could determine the HASH key used by ZoneMinder, they could generate a malicious JWT token and use it to execute arbitrary SQL. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.33 and 1.37.33.

Affected products

• zoneminder: before 1.36.33; from 1.37.00 before 1.37.33 — fixed in 1.36.33, 1.37.33

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: zoneminder 1.36.33, 1.37.33. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-6c72-q9mw-mwx9
• https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-6c72-q9mw-mwx9

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