DLL sideloading via insecure install directory
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Uncontrolled search path in Zabbix Agent for Windows before 6.0.48, 7.0.29, and 7.4.13 allows local users to execute code via a planted DLL. The Windows installer accepts a custom target path without checking that unprivileged users cannot modify it, so later DLL resolution can load attacker-supplied code from that writable directory. Exploitation requires local write access to the chosen installation path and a later program start; published records describe sideloading risk rather than a remote attack path.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path in Zabbix Agent for Windows before 6.0.48, 7.0.29, and 7.4.13 allows local users to execute code via a planted DLL. The Windows installer accepts a custom target path without checking that unprivileged users cannot modify it, so later DLL resolution can load attacker-supplied code from that writable directory. Exploitation requires local write access to the chosen installation path and a later program start; published records describe sideloading risk rather than a remote attack path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-59781
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Zabbix
- Product
- Zabbix
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.0.0 <=6.0.47 changes=[{"at":"6.0.48","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <=7.0.28 changes=[{"at":"7.0.29","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=7.4.0 <=7.4.12 changes=[{"at":"7.4.13","status":"unaffected"}]
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