CVE-2026-23933 PUBLISHED

Hardcoded session key in Zabbix 7.4

Assigner: Zabbix
Reserved: 19.01.2026 Published: 18.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

In Zabbix 7.4 the cryptographic key used for signing Frontend sessions has been erroneously written to the database seed. Currently the only known exploitation scenario is for deployments that utilize both - SAML authentication and guest users. In such cases the key can be used to forge valid session cookies, potentially leading to unauthorized access. For other Zabbix deployments this does not have a known impact.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.7

Product Status

Vendor Zabbix
Product Zabbix
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 7.4.0 to 7.4.10 (incl.)

Affected Configurations

An unauthenticated attacker with Frontend access might be able to generate valid session cookies in certain deployments.

Workarounds

As a workaround, the pre-seeded session key can be manually cleared from Zabbix DB by setting value of 'settings.session_key' to an empty string. Zabbix Frontend will then generate a new random key.

Solutions

Upgrade Zabbix Server to the latest version, an upgrade patch will remove the session key from the DB.

Credits

  • Zabbix wants to thank Daniel Shemesh and Or Ida for submitting this report on the HackerOne bug bounty platform. reporter

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-259 CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-560: Use of Known Domain Credentials