# CVE-2024-45700: DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion

> An attacker can crash the Zabbix server by sending crafted requests that cause excessive memory and CPU usage.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45700, GHSA-8w8h-m7f2-m6c4, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45700

## What is CVE-2024-45700?

CVE-2024-45700 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Zabbix Zabbix, published on 2 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Zabbix server is vulnerable to a DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion. An attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server, which will cause the server to allocate an excessive amount of memory and perform CPU-intensive decompression operations, ultimately leading to a service crash.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45700?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zabbix Zabbix.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45700?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-45700 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45700 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-2024-22116](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22116/): Remote code execution within ping script (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2013-3738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3738/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45700 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45700 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Zabbix Zabbix, published on 2 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45700 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-2024-45700/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45700/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45700
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45700
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45700

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45700/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.