Possible information disclosure via External Interface
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-269.
Summary
An improper default configuration in OTRS 2026.3.1 causes ticket article forwarding actions to enforce the “Is visible for customer” flag by default and prevent users from disabling it via the UI. This leads to unintended exposure of internal ticket information to the External Frontend This issue affects OTRS 2026.3.1
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48210
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f9pc-83mw-48hx
References
More OTRS AG Otrs vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-12458 In OTRS 6.0.x up to and including 6.0.1, OTRS 5.0.x up to and including 5.0.24, and OTRS… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-35608 SQL Injection via MySQL Quote Method CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-04991 SSL Certificates are not checked for E-Mail Handling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-04045 SQL Injection via OTRS Search API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-12258 Code injection exists in Kernel/System/Spelling.pm in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 5… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-06753 In Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 3.3.x through 3.3.16, 4.x through 4.0.23, and 5.x… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-48210 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48210 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f9pc-83mw-48hx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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