Zammad: Channel admins can read unauthorized attachments via signature rich-text body
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Zammad is a web based open source helpdesk/customer support system. Prior to 7.1.2, when creating or updating an email signature, Zammad processes inline images referenced in the signature body. If a signature body contains an HTML img tag pointing to any existing attachment, the system copies that attachment into a new signature-owned record, without checking whether the user has permission to access the original attachment. The newly created copy is then downloadable by the same channel-admin user, because attachment access is determined by the copy's owner (the signature), not the original object (e.g., a ticket or knowledge-base article). This allows a user with any of the admin.channel_email, admin.channel_google, admin.channel_microsoft365, or admin.channel_microsoft_graph permissions to read attachments they would otherwise be denied access to, such as ticket attachments belonging to groups they are not a member of. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.2.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zammad GmbH | zammad | before 7.1.2 | 7.1.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- zammad VendorZammad GmbH Affected before 7.1.2 Fixed in 7.1.2 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:zammad:zammad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Zammad GmbH |
- cpe:2.3:a:zammad:zammad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Zammad GmbH
Remediation
- Fix · CNA zammad (zammad) Fixed in 7.1.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-63205
References
More Zammad GmbH vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
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