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CVE-2026-93640EUVD-2026-108984GHSA-M5XR-VR49-P6GJ

Zimbra Collaboration Suite Local Privilege Escalation via Unrestricted zmunbound Sudo Configuration

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  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) installations that have the optional dnscache package enabled are affected. A local user on the server running the unix "zimbra" account could read root-protected files, such as password hashes and private keys, and could overwrite or corrupt privileged configuration files, which may stop affected services from starting.

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A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the optional dnscache package of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows the Unix zimbra account to access files with root privileges. The passwordless sudo policy permits arbitrary arguments to zmunbound, whose wrapper forwards them to Unbound without restricting the configuration path. An attacker can supply a configuration that retains root privileges and disables the chroot. Include directives expose root-readable file contents through parser errors, while an attacker-selected logfile path creates a root-owned file or appends Unbound log records to an existing file. This can disclose password hashes and private keys and corrupt privileged configuration files, preventing affected services from starting with the modified configuration. The affected configuration is present in ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 dnscache packages.

Timeline

  1. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  2. CVE published
  3. First seen by cve.now
  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Zimbra Zimbra Collaboration Suite

    through 10.1.21

References 2

wiki.zimbra.com

rapid7.com