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high 8.1

CVE-2017-2824 in the critical feed json

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the trapper command functionality of Zabbix Server 2.4.X.

published 2017-05-24 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11965

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
26.1%
EPSS 26.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the trapper command functionality of Zabbix Server 2.4.X. A specially crafted set of packets can cause a command injection resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can make requests from an active Zabbix Proxy to trigger this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • zabbix Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:3.0.7+dfsg-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2824

  • zabbix Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1
  • zabbix Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:2.4.7+dfsg-2ubuntu2.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2824

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-2824 updated cvss 8.1

zabbix: Multiple vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

26.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0325 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Zabbix Zabbix Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.