CVE-2025-49641 Insufficient permission check for the problem.view.refresh action

Medium 5.1 Published 3 Oct 2025 Updated 3 Oct 2025

Regular Zabbix users can bypass permission checks to retrieve active problem lists via the problem.view.refresh action.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2025-49641?

CVE-2025-49641 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Zabbix Zabbix, published on 3 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A regular Zabbix user with no permission to the Monitoring -> Problems view is still able to call the problem.view.refresh action and therefore still retrieve a list of active problems.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49641?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zabbix Zabbix.

How do I fix CVE-2025-49641?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-49641 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49641, GHSA-fc6r-7w85-4vgg, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-49641.