CVE-2022-43516 (GCVE-0-2022-43516)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-12 01:49 – Updated: 2025-04-18 18:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Zabbix Agent installer adds “allow all TCP any any” firewall rule
Summary
A Firewall Rule which allows all incoming TCP connections to all programs from any source and to all ports is created in Windows Firewall after Zabbix agent installation (MSI)
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-18 18:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-16 - Configuration
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zabbix | Zabbix agent (MSI packages) |
Affected:
Oct. 29, 2022 - Dec 2, 2022
Unaffected: Dec 3, 2022 , < unspecified (custom) |
guessed | |
| Zabbix | Zabbix agent 2 (MSI packages) |
Affected:
Oct. 29, 2022 - Dec 2, 2022
Unaffected: Dec 3, 2022 , < unspecified (custom) |
guessed |
Date Public
2022-11-30 00:00
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