fping from zabbix agent - permission denied

I know there are several topics about fping and zabbix, but I've read through them all and I am still having trouble getting something that should be pretty simple working. I am trying to do a simple ping test from a host (that's running zabbix agent) to an external host. In my zabbix_agentd.conf file I have setup a UserParameter such as:

UserParameter=vpnPing[*],fping $1 |grep -c alive

My fping permissions are as such:

# ls -l /sbin/fping
-rwsr-sr-x. 1 root zabbix 52904 Aug 5 2019 /sbin/fping

If I run the zabbix_agentd test I get (fake ip listed for example purposes)

# zabbix_agentd -t vpnPing[123.456.78.901]
vpnPing[123.456.78.901] [t|1]

So that seems to work. When I go to the zabbix UI and look at the latest data I see:

2020-06-04 17:55:30	sh: /usr/sbin/fping: Permission denied
0

The interesting this is the 0 at the bottom. I've also seen it be 1 at times. That sounds like something is working, but I don't get why I get the permission denied. Also when I look at the audit log I see:

type=AVC msg=audit(1591330891.927:15933): avc:  denied  { execute } for  pid=52320 comm="sh" name="fping" dev="nvme0n1p2" ino=8410299 scontext=system_u:system_r:zabbix_agent_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:ping_exec_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1591330891.927:15933): arch=c000003e syscall=21 success=no exit=-13 a0=5601874ee450 a1=1 a2=7ffe62a48db0 a3=0 items=0 ppid=52319 pid=52320 auid=4294967295 uid=990 gid=988 euid=990 suid=990 fsuid=990 egid=988 sgid=988 fsgid=988 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sh" exe="/usr/bin/bash" subj=system_u:system_r:zabbix_agent_t:s0 key=(null)ARCH=x86_64 SYSCALL=access AUID="unset" UID="zabbix" GID="zabbix" EUID="zabbix" SUID="zabbix" FSUID="zabbix" EGID="zabbix" SGID="zabbix" FSGID="zabbix"
type=PROCTITLE msg=audit(1591330891.927:15933): proctitle=7368002D63006670696E67203136372E3134342E38392E323238207C67726570202D6320616C697665

I'm running RHEL 8.2.

# zabbix_agentd -V
zabbix_agentd (daemon) (Zabbix) 4.4.9

$ zabbix_server -V
zabbix_server (Zabbix) 4.4.9

# fping -v
fping: Version 3.16

I have the Item in Zabbix configured as Type: Zabbix agent If I try:

zabbix_get -s [my_zabbix_server_ip] -k vpnPing[123.456.78.901]

it does timeout (not sure why as I can ping it just fine normally): zabbix_get : Timeout while executing operation But not sure that last part with zabbix_get is relevant b/c the checks to seem to be getting back to the zabbix server but it just says permission denied. I've been struggling with this for a while now and hoping someone can help me out?