5.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-104198
ZoneMinder failed token handling bypasses web authentication
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 15, 2026, 8:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 15, 2026, 9:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-104198 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Zoneminder zoneminder
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update ZoneMinder to version 1.36.63 or later to fix authentication handling.
  • Update ZoneMinder to version 1.36.63.
  • Apply later defense-in-depth changes.
  • Ensure token validation fails before dispatch.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2026-104198 weaknesses.

CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-57: Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data CAPEC-94: Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) CAPEC-114: Authentication Abuse Authentication Abuse CAPEC-115: Authentication Bypass Authentication Bypass CAPEC-151: Identity Spoofing Identity Spoofing CAPEC-194: Fake the Source of Data Fake the Source of Data CAPEC-593: Session Hijacking Session Hijacking CAPEC-633: Token Impersonation Token Impersonation CAPEC-650: Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-6: Argument Injection Argument Injection CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-15: Command Delimiters Command Delimiters CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-41: Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious Payloads Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious Payloads CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Oct. 15, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-104198', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'poc'}, {'automatable': 'yes'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-10-15T20:34:15.363799Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added CWE CWE-697
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/104xxx/CVE-2026-104198.json">CVE-2026-104198</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/144a04ca4fff5fd02745ce8afc239ba5e05cf8ac
    Added Reference https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/6b94903e634fdb46cb71a48eadccf1aa14f0c2bb
    Added Reference https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/71bb186b230dbe2aba5e2f804c36810aae892088
    Added Reference https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/95460a945ab7e5c63dc0551bdd6230a3026ceb9e
    Added Reference https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/969baa38912018b502617d09e836d0bfa57d4af6
    Added Reference https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/commit/d71fbb805e4695a9599498a1a2ee3b286ef41c96
    Added Reference https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/security/advisories/GHSA-23fj-frfw-hmcr
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