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  1. ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
  2. ZBX-24500

Zabbix agent PSK key change with minimal write privileges can bring down proxy connection

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      When we have a proxy and a Zabbix agent using PSK encryption, we can bring down the Zabbix proxy connection from the Data Collection | Hosts configuration page simply by editing the PSK key. In all fairness this does require us to know the proxy PSK identity, but in all fairness a lot of customers use the name of the proxy as the PSK identity.

      Steps to reproduce:

      1. Create encrypted proxy (identity: prox_psk) [PSK key: 123456]
      2. Create encrypted Zabbix agent (identity: prox_psk) [PSK key: 123456]
      3. Both proxy and agent will be connected correctly and sending data
      4. Change Zabbix agent PSK key in the Zabbix frontend (identity: prox_psk) [PSK key: 456789]
      5. Proxy connection goes down

            vmaksimovs Vladimirs Maksimovs
            bkruszewski Bartosz Kruszewski (Inactive)
            Team C
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