# CVE-2022-27925: Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 has mboximport functionality that receives a ZIP archive and extracts files from it.

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=active, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-08-11, remediation due 2022-09-01
- Exposure: Actively exploited
- Published: 2022-04-20 · Updated: 2026-10-01

## Summary

Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS), an email and collaboration server platform, is affected by this vulnerability. An authenticated administrator can upload arbitrary files through its mailbox import feature, which can write files to unintended locations on the server due to directory traversal.

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## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 has mboximport functionality that receives a ZIP archive and extracts files from it. An authenticated user with administrator rights has the ability to upload arbitrary files to the system, leading to directory traversal.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Releases/9.0.0/P24
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168146/Zimbra-Zip-Path-Traversal.html

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