Zimbra Collaboration Suite EWS authorization bypass exposes mailboxes
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Zimbra Collaboration Suite from 10.1.0 before 10.1.20 contains an authorization bypass in the EWS FindItem handler. An authenticated user with EWS enabled can read complete mailbox items, including raw MIME and attachments, from arbitrary local accounts without a share or delegation grant, related to CWE-639.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
An authorization bypass in the EWS FindItem handler of Zimbra Collaboration Suite 10.1.0 through 10.1.19 allows an authenticated user with EWS enabled to read complete mailbox items, including raw MIME and attachments, from arbitrary local accounts without a share or delegation grant.
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
Upgrade Zimbra Collaboration Suite to version 10.1.20. The sources do not list a vendor advisory for this fix.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Zimbra) Fixed in 10.1.20
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Zimbra Collaboration Suite 10.1.20
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-69620 Zimbra Collaboration Suite flaw lets accounts grant mailbox accessPriority LOW 30
- TI-2026-69621 Sieve notify action bypasses mail forwarding restriction in ZimbraPriority LOW 29
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-10631
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-7jfc-2g3q-h5mf
- 2026-10-09 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
More Zimbra vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-51660 OS command injection in Zimbra Collaboration KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.9
- TI-2025-40820 Cross-site scripting in Zimbra Collaboration KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-18266 An issue was discovered in Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) 9.0 and 10.0. KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-30553 An issue was discovered in Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) 10.1.x before 10.1.1, 10.0.x before… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-13998 Zimbra Collaboration Open Source 8.8.15 does not encrypt the initial-login randomly… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-63080 Path traversal in Zimbra Collaboration Suite CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-10631 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-10631 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7jfc-2g3q-h5mf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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