Sieve notify action bypasses mail forwarding restriction in Zimbra
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-863.
Summary
Zimbra Collaboration Suite from 0 before 10.1.20 contains an incorrect authorization flaw (CWE-863) in its Sieve notify filter action. An authenticated user can bypass disabled mail forwarding by using a Sieve notify action with variable expansion to send copies of email content and headers to an arbitrary address.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
A policy-enforcement flaw in Zimbra Collaboration Suite allows an authenticated user to bypass disabled mail forwarding by using a Sieve notify action to send copies of email content and headers to an arbitrary address.
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 or later.
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-2026-69618 Zimbra Collaboration Suite EWS authorization bypass exposes mailboxesPriority LOW 29
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50055
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-p88h-r6ph-r7j6
- 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-2026-50055 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-50055 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p88h-r6ph-r7j6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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