Code injection in zabbix_agent2 smart.disk.get caused by smartctl plugin

published 2023-12-18 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-36955

cvss: 4.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Zabbix Agent 2 item key smart.disk.get does not sanitize its parameters before passing them to a shell command resulting possible vulnerability for remote code execution.

Patch / fix

distros 1

zabbix Debian 14, Debian 13 1:6.0.24+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32728

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-27)

Exploit prediction

0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Zabbix Zabbix

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

support.zabbix.com /browse/ZBX-23858
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-32728
NVD CVE-2023-32728

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Summary