CVE-2026-102490

Undisclosed LPE in Zammad v1.5.0 to v7.1.0-alpha

CVE CVE-2026-102490
Title Undisclosed LPE in Zammad v1.5.0 to v7.1.0-alpha
Case DIVD-2026-00015
Credits
  • Earth Grob (Merlon Security) (finder)
  • Luke paris (Merlon Security) (finder)
  • Tijmen van der Spijk (Merlon Security) (finder)
  • Zohar Cochavi (Merlon Security) (finder)
  • Alje Woltjer (Merlon Security) (finder)
  • Mischa Rick van Geelen (DIVD) (finder)
  • Ralph Horn (DIVD) (finder)
  • Max van der Horst (DIVD) (finder)
  • Victor Pasman (DIVD) (analyst)
  • Frank Breedijk (DIVD) (analyst)
Affected products
Product Affected Unaffected Unknown
Zammad GmbH Zammad on Linux, Docker >= 1.5.0 to < 7.1.0-alpha (semver)
>= * to < 1.5.0 (semver)
everything else
CVSS Scenario 1 : GENERAL
Base score 8.5 - HIGH
Attack Vector LOCAL
Attack Complexity> LOW
Attack Requirements NONE
Privileges Required LOW
Confidentiality Impact
Vulnerable system HIGH Subsequent systems NONE
Integrity Impact
Vulnerable system HIGH Subsequent systems NONE
Availability Impact
Vulnerable system HIGH Subsequent systems NONE
Safety impact NOT_DEFINED
Automatable YES
Recovery NOT_DEFINED
Value Density DIFFUSE
Vulnerability Response effort NOT_DEFINED
Provider Urgency NOT_DEFINED

Scenario 2 : Chained with CVE-2026-102489
Base score 9.4 - CRITICAL
Attack Vector NETWORK
Attack Complexity> LOW
Attack Requirements NONE
Privileges Required NONE
Confidentiality Impact
Vulnerable system HIGH Subsequent systems HIGH
Integrity Impact
Vulnerable system HIGH Subsequent systems HIGH
Availability Impact
Vulnerable system HIGH Subsequent systems HIGH
Safety impact NOT_DEFINED
Automatable YES
Recovery NOT_DEFINED
Value Density CONCENTRATED
Vulnerability Response effort NOT_DEFINED
Provider Urgency NOT_DEFINED
References
Date published 29 Sep 2026 20:00 UTC
Last modified

Description

All versions of Zammad including the latest alpha enable the local zammad user to escalate privileges to root.

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