CVE-2026-102490
Zammad GmbH Zammad Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
Zammad GmbH Zammad contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that can allow the local zammad user to escalate privileges to root. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-102489.
CISA due Oct 5, 2026
- Zammad GmbH Zammad
- High
- CVSS 8.5
- EPSS 0.55%
- Fixed version listed
What to do
Fixed version listed
- Required action
- Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CISA deadline for US federal agencies
- Oct 5, 2026
Affected products
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Zammad GmbH Zammad (Linux) | from 1.5.0, before 7.2.2 | 7.2.2 |
Advisories and fixes
- Vendor advisory zammad.com
- Vendor advisory github.com
Scores and signals
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild
- Severity
- High, CVSS 8.5 (v4.0, scored by DIVD)
- EPSS
- 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS from FIRST, as of Oct 24, 2026)
- CISA's SSVC decision points
- Exploitation: active. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total. As of Oct 2, 2026.
- Weakness
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
- Vendor
- Zammad GmbH, Zammad
Timeline
- Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: exploited in the wild. US federal agencies must remediate by 2026-10-05.