--- title: "CVE-2026-102490: Local privilege escalation in Zammad… | CubePath" description: "Zammad packages built with packager.io (DEB and RPM) could have allowed a local attacker who already had file system write privileges as the unprivileged…" language: en source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102490 --- # CVE-2026-102490: Local privilege escalation in Zammad… | CubePath ## Description Zammad packages built with packager.io (DEB and RPM) could have allowed a local attacker who already had file system write privileges as the unprivileged zammad service account to escalate to full root privileges on the host. Service processes began running as root and executed files that were owned and writable by the zammad account before dropping their identity to that account. An attacker holding that foothold could have escalated within seconds, because the affected services were restarted automatically whenever they stopped; no administrator interaction was required. Only installations from the DEB and RPM packages were affected — installations from source or the official container images were not. All released packaged versions were affected. Official description from the CVE record, published by DIVD. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102490) ## Key data ### CVSS 4.0 High 8.5 Score published by DIVD in the CVE record. CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/AU:Y/V:D | Metric | Value | What it means | | ----------------------------------- | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Attack vector | Local | The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something. | | Attack complexity | Low | No measurable action is needed to get around the system's built-in security controls. The attack is repeatable. | | Attack requirements | None | The attack works without any special deployment or execution conditions. | | Privileges required | Low | A basic user account is needed. | | User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. | | Vulnerable system: confidentiality | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. | | Vulnerable system: integrity | High | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data. | | Vulnerable system: availability | High | Serious or total effect on availability. | | Subsequent systems: confidentiality | None | No effect on other systems' data secrecy. | | Subsequent systems: integrity | None | No effect on other systems' data trustworthiness. | | Subsequent systems: availability | None | No effect on other systems' availability. | ### CVSS 4.0 Critical 9.4 Score published by DIVD in the CVE record. CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A/AU:Y/V:C | Metric | Value | What it means | | ----------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Attack vector | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. | | Attack complexity | Low | No measurable action is needed to get around the system's built-in security controls. The attack is repeatable. | | Attack requirements | None | The attack works without any special deployment or execution conditions. | | Privileges required | None | No account or privileges are needed. | | User interaction | Passive | A user takes part without meaning to, for example by loading a page. | | Vulnerable system: confidentiality | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. | | Vulnerable system: integrity | High | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data. | | Vulnerable system: availability | High | Serious or total effect on availability. | | Subsequent systems: confidentiality | High | Serious or total effect on other systems' data secrecy. | | Subsequent systems: integrity | High | Serious or total effect on other systems' data trustworthiness. | | Subsequent systems: availability | High | Serious or total effect on other systems' availability. | CVSS is owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. (FIRST) and is used by permission. Each CVSS score on this site is shown together with its vector string, as published in the CVE record by the source named next to it. Learn more at [first.org/cvss](https://www.first.org/cvss/) . ### EPSS Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days. Score 0.10936 (10.9% probability) Percentile 95.9% Scores of Nov 10, 2026 Model v2026.06.15 ### CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Name in the catalog Zammad GmbH Zammad Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability Added to the catalog Oct 2, 2026 Federal due date Oct 5, 2026 ### CISA assessment as of Oct 2, 2026 Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA. Exploitation Recorded by CISA as active Automatable no Technical impact total ### Weakness (CWE) CWE catalog version 5.0. CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license. - [CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html) Improper Privilege Management ## Affected products Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them. - Zammad - affected: 1.5.0 up to before 7.2.2 - unknown: \* up to before 1.5.0 - unaffected: 7.2.2 up to before \* ## References Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control. - [csirt.divd.nl/DIVD-2026-00015](https://csirt.divd.nl/DIVD-2026-00015) third-party-advisory - [csirt.divd.nl/CVE-2026-102490](https://csirt.divd.nl/CVE-2026-102490) third-party-advisory - [zammad.com/en/advisories/cve-2026-102489-cve-2026-102490](https://zammad.com/en/advisories/cve-2026-102489-cve-2026-102490) vendor-advisory - [github.com/zammad/zammad/security/advisories/GHSA-p97w-927q…](https://github.com/zammad/zammad/security/advisories/GHSA-p97w-927q-8vxq) vendor-advisory technical-description ## Timeline 1. ID reserved Sep 29, 2026 2. Record published Sep 30, 2026 3. Added to CISA KEV Oct 2, 2026 4. Record last updated Oct 8, 2026 ## Look up another CVE ## About CubePath CubePath is a cloud provider with data centers in Europe and the United States. It offers VPS, bare metal servers and DDoS protection. 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