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 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. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Zammad GmbH
- Product
- Zammad
- CISA KEV
- added 2 Oct 2026, due 5 Oct 2026 (27d overdue)
- Exploitation
- observed in the wild
- Fix
- available
- Weakness
- CWE-269
Why it ranks 57 (Critical)
- CISA KEV listed, remediation due 2026-10-05
- Covered by 4 independent sources
- Fix available
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- Vendor advisory (zammad.com)
- CVE-2026-102490 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia · KEV
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