CVE-2022-22704

CRITICAL

zabbix-agent2 < 5.4.9-r1 - Privilege Escalation via Incorrect Systemd Configuration Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The zabbix-agent2 package before 5.4.9-r1 for Alpine Linux sometimes allows privilege escalation to root because the design incorrectly expected that systemd would (in effect) determine part of the configuration.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13368

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0133
EPSS Percentile 67.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-909
Status published
Products (2)
zabbix/zabbix-agent2 5.4.9
zabbix/zabbix-agent2 < 5.4.9
Published Jan 06, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026