# CVE-2024-22116: Remote code execution within ping script

> Administrators with restricted permissions can execute arbitrary code via the Ping script due to missing input escaping, compromising infrastructure.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-22116, GHSA-3wch-5xm2-547f, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22116

## What is CVE-2024-22116?

CVE-2024-22116 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Zabbix Zabbix, published on 9 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An administrator with restricted permissions can exploit the script execution functionality within the Monitoring Hosts section. The lack of default escaping for script parameters enabled this user ability to execute arbitrary code via the Ping script, thereby compromising infrastructure.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22116?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zabbix Zabbix.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-22116?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-22116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zabbix Zabbix

- [CVE-2022-23131](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23131/): Zabbix Frontend Authentication Bypass (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2007-0640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0640/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-42327](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42327/): SQL injection in user.get API (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2013-3738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3738/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-5743](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5743/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22116 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22116 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Zabbix Zabbix, published on 9 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zabbix Zabbix. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22116/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22116/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22116
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22116
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22116

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22116/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.