CVE-2023-32727 | Code execution vulnerability in icmpping

An attacker who has the privilege to configure Zabbix items can use function icmpping() with additional malicious command inside it to execute arbitrary code on the current Zabbix server.

Published: 2023-12-18 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-32727 is rated Moderate Risk (48.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-32727

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.97% 0.46% -0.50%
2 2025-11-18 0.54% 0.97% +0.42%
3 2025-11-04 — 0.54% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-32727

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.2 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-32727

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-32727

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-32727 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (zabbix), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32727
suse medium CVE-2023-32727 severity moderate: SUSE including 32 source package names (zabbix, zabbix-agent, …), 64 product×package rows across 14 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS, … (14 product lines)): Fixed 50, Known Not Affected 14. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32727/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-32727 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zabbix), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, ignored 3, DNE 1, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32727

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-32727

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zabbix zabbix_server >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.49 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix_server >= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.38 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix_server >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.22 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix_server >= 6.4.0, <= 6.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix_server 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix_server:7.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix_server 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix_server:7.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix_server 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix_server:7.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
zabbix zabbix_server 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix_server:7.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-32727

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