CVE-2026-102490 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

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No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://csirt.divd.nl/CVE-2026-102490
https://csirt.divd.nl/DIVD-2026-00015

History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-250 CWE-285

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		All versions of Zammad including the latest alpha enable the local zammad user to escalate privileges to root.
Title		Undisclosed LPE in Zammad v1.5.0 to v7.1.0-alpha
References		https://csirt.divd.nl/CVE-2026-102490 https://csirt.divd.nl/DIVD-2026-00015
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 9.4, 'vector': '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'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: DIVD

Published: 2026-09-30T16:21:20.601Z

Updated: 2026-09-30T16:21:20.601Z

Reserved: 2026-09-29T09:46:12.490Z

Link: CVE-2026-102490

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-30T17:16:40.707

Modified: 2026-09-30T17:16:40.707

Link: CVE-2026-102490

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T18:00:17Z

Weaknesses

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