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TI-2026-40898 Aliases CVE-2026-56725

Zammad: Denial of Service via OTRS Import Controller

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-306Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass, Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306 and CWE-400.

Summary

Zammad is a web based open source helpdesk/customer support system. Prior to 7.0.2, summary An unauthenticated request to POST /api/v1/import/otrs/import_check blocks a Zammad request worker for roughly two minutes. The import_check and import_status actions are missing the setup_done_response guard that other actions in the same controller carry, so they execute on fully set-up production instances. The action enters a retry loop against a blank OTRS endpoint, sleeping for 30 s + 45 s between attempts. Impact An unauthenticated remote attacker denies service to a production Zammad instance. Each request costs almost nothing and forces ~115 seconds of server-side blocking. A few requests per second saturate the Puma worker pool. The condition persists as long as the traffic continues. No account, valid import configuration, or target knowledge beyond the hostname is needed. CSRF token is trivially obtained from any prior GET response. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00412 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed zammad (zammad): 7.0.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Zammad GmbHzammadbefore 7.0.27.0.2Patch availableCNA
  • zammad VendorZammad GmbH Affected before 7.0.2 Fixed in 7.0.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:zammad:zammad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Zammad GmbH
  • cpe:2.3:a:zammad:zammad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Zammad GmbH

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA zammad (zammad) Fixed in 7.0.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-56725

References

  • TI-2026-65406 Local privilege escalation in Zammad v1.5.0 to v7.2.2 installed via DEB or RPM package KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2026-65405 Undisclosed RCE in Zammad v6.3 and higher KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2024-22252 An issue was discovered in Zammad before 6.3.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-11233 Zammad 7.0.1 - Improper authorization in ticket article attachment cloning CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2022-23785 A vulnerability in Zammad v5.3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-58043 Zammad: Account takeover via unverified email matching during SSO auto-link CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
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Sources

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