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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-22704 · published 6 January 2022

CVE-2022-22704: Zabbix-agent2 vulnerability

Zabbix · Zabbix Agent2

The zabbix-agent2 package before 5.4.9-r1 for Alpine Linux sometimes allows privilege escalation to root because the design incorrectly expected that systemd would (in effect) determine part of the configuration.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 1.3% · top 30.0% CWE-909 · CWE-909
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 10.0
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The zabbix-agent2 package before 5.4.9-r1 for Alpine Linux sometimes allows privilege escalation to root because the design incorrectly expected that systemd would (in effect) determine part of the configuration.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13368 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13368 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-22704), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.