Zimbra Collaboration Suite flaw lets accounts grant mailbox access
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Zimbra Collaboration Suite before 10.1.20 contains an authorization flaw in the GrantRightsRequest SOAP handler. An attacker with access to an authenticated account can grant another local account the loginAs right, which creates persistent mailbox access and mail-sending authority that survives password changes and session expiry. The flaw is classified as CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
An authorization flaw in Zimbra Collaboration Suite’s GrantRightsRequest allows an attacker with access to an authenticated account to grant another local account the loginAs right, creating persistent mailbox access and mail-sending authority that survives password changes and session expiry.
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
Zimbra Collaboration Suite users should upgrade to version 10.1.20. The sources list no fixed version for any other product line.
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-2026-69621 Sieve notify action bypasses mail forwarding restriction in ZimbraPriority LOW 29
- TI-2026-69618 Zimbra Collaboration Suite EWS authorization bypass exposes mailboxesPriority LOW 29
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50054
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-6c75-c59q-9624
- 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-2026-50054 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-50054 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6c75-c59q-9624 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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