UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23921 (CVE-2026-23921)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-03-24 19:16 – Updated: 2026-09-14 08:29 – Source website
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Details

A low privilege Zabbix user with API access can exploit a blind SQL injection vulnerability in include/classes/api/CApiService.php to execute arbitrary SQL selects via the sortfield parameter. Although query results are not returned directly, an attacker can exfiltrate arbitrary database data through time-based techniques, potentially leading to session identifier disclosure and administrator account compromise.


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      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "zabbix",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/zabbix@1:7.0.10+dfsg-2build1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A low privilege Zabbix user with API access can exploit a blind SQL injection vulnerability in include/classes/api/CApiService.php to execute arbitrary SQL selects via the sortfield parameter. Although query results are not returned directly, an attacker can exfiltrate arbitrary database data through time-based techniques, potentially leading to session identifier disclosure and administrator account compromise.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23921",
  "modified": "2026-09-14T08:29:55Z",
  "published": "2026-03-24T19:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23921"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23921"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-27640"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-23921"
  ]
}



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