CVE-2023-26038 — ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application

ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application for Linux which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras. Versions prior to 1.36.33 and 1.37.33 contain a Local File Inclusion (Untrusted Search Path) vulnerability via web/ajax/modal.php, where an arbitr

01What is this vulnerability?

ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application for Linux which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras. Versions prior to 1.36.33 and 1.37.33 contain a Local File Inclusion (Untrusted Search Path) vulnerability via web/ajax/modal.php, where an arbitrary php file path can be passed in the request and loaded. This issue is patched in versions 1.36.33 and 1.37.33.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
ZoneMinder	zoneminder	< 1.36.33, >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.33

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-25T01:27:39.450Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-10T21:05:18.989Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-wrx3-r8c4-r24w