LDAP bind-password disclosure via retained host credential
Published Oct 3, 2025 · Updated Oct 3, 2025
Credential disclosure in the Zabbix Frontend allows remote authenticated users with Super Admin access to steal the saved LDAP bind password. Changing the LDAP Host leaves the stored Bind password intact, so the frontend sends that credential in a bind request to the replacement server. Exploitation requires a Super Admin account, an existing LDAP bind password, and a rogue LDAP endpoint able to receive the outbound bind.
Summary
What happened
Credential disclosure in the Zabbix Frontend allows remote authenticated users with Super Admin access to steal the saved LDAP bind password. Changing the LDAP Host leaves the stored Bind password intact, so the frontend sends that credential in a bind request to the replacement server. Exploitation requires a Super Admin account, an existing LDAP bind password, and a rogue LDAP endpoint able to receive the outbound bind.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-27231
- Published
- Oct 3, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Zabbix
- Product
- Zabbix
- Classifications
- CWE-522, T1555
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Oct 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.0.0 <=6.0.40 changes=[{"at":"6.0.41","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <=7.0.17 changes=[{"at":"7.0.18","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=7.2.0 <=7.2.11 changes=[{"at":"7.2.12","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=7.4.0 <=7.4.1 changes=[{"at":"7.4.2","status":"unaffected"}]
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