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Code injection in SmarterMail Volume Mount allows code execution

Priority HIGH 72CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

Smartertools SmarterMail before Build 9777 contains a code injection flaw (CWE-94) in its Volume Mount feature. An attacker holding a SysAdmin-scoped access token can bypass the script directory containment and run code remotely as the SmarterMail service account, with SYSTEM-level privileges. A public exploit is linked in the references.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

SmarterMail before build 9777 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows an attacker holding a SysAdmin-scoped access token to bypass the Volume Mount script-directory containment control by provisioning a new mail domain with an arbitrary FileStore root path inside the trusted Scripts directory via the domain-put endpoint. Attackers can disclose the Scripts path through the AddOrUpdateMount endpoint, clear the upload extension blacklist via the global-mail endpoint, then upload a malicious script through the ordinary mail file-storage upload API so that saving a CommandMount triggers RunScript before validation, resulting in a reverse shell executing as the SmarterMail service account with SYSTEM-level privileges.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00873 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Smartermail (Smartertools): Build 9777

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
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
SmarterToolsSmartermailbefore Build 9777Build 9777Patch availableCNA
  • Smartermail VendorSmarterTools Affected before Build 9777 Fixed in Build 9777 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:smartertools:smartermail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——SmarterTools
  • cpe:2.3:a:smartertools:smartermail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·SmarterTools

Remediation

Update Smartertools SmarterMail to Build 9777.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA Smartermail (Smartertools) Fixed in Build 9777

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Smartertools Smartermail Build 9777

    3 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-70084 Stale JWT role claim allows privilege escalation in SmarterMailPriority LOW 39
    • TI-2026-70083 Stored mutation XSS in SmarterMail via MathML foreign contentPriority LOW 24

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104082
  2. 2026-10-11 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  3. 2026-10-12 1 new reference · CNA
  4. 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-4rp5-r82m-g6p3
  5. 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  6. 2026-10-14 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
  7. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

  • TI-2025-32755 Upload arbitrary files in SmarterTools SmarterMail KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-19690 SmarterTools SmarterMail < Build 9511 Unauthenticated RCE via ConnectToHub API KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-19133 SmarterTools SmarterMail < Build 9511 Authentication Bypass via Password Reset API KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2019-05110 SmarterTools SmarterMail 16.x before build 6985 allows deserialization of untrusted data. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-19061 SmarterTools SmarterTrack 7922 -Information Disclosure CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2019-05109 SmarterTools SmarterMail 16.x before build 6985 allows directory traversal. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
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