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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-104198 EUVD-2026-102423

ZoneMinder failed token handling bypasses web authentication

Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ZoneMinder is a free, open source closed-circuit television software application. In versions 1.34.0 through 1.36.38, the web interface mishandles failed token authentication in web/includes/auth.php. validateToken() returns false when a token is malformed or has an invalid signature, but the caller assigns that value to the global $user variable; because web/index.php tests isset($user), boolean false is treated as a present user and the normal login redirect is skipped. This can dispatch views that rely on the outer authentication gate, including the zones view, which accepts an attacker-selected monitor ID and discloses monitor and zone metadata without an independent permission check. Permission helpers receive the false user value and deny privileged operations, so unauthorized state changes have not been established. This vulnerability is fixed in version 1.36.63, where conversion to ZM\User objects causes invalid token state to fail before view dispatch. Later defense-in-depth changes explicitly leave $user unset after failed token validation and reject non-ZM\User values at the web authentication gate.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ZoneMinder zoneminder >= 1.34.0, < 1.36.63 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 zoneminder No fix yet —
Debian 13 zoneminder No fix yet —
Debian 12 zoneminder No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 zoneminder No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS zoneminder No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS zoneminder No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS zoneminder No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS zoneminder No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS zoneminder No fix yet —

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