CVE-2026-23931 (GCVE-0-2026-23931)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-18 12:17
Modified
2026-08-18 13:35
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
Summary
The frontend validatate.api.exists action can be exploited by authenticated users to extract plaintext user macro values leading to potential loss of confidentiality.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Zabbix Zabbix Version: 7.4.0
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