Code injection in SmarterMail Volume Mount allows code execution
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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmarterTools | Smartermail | before Build 9777 | Build 9777 | Patch available | CNA |
- 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.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104082
- 2026-10-11 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-12 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-4rp5-r82m-g6p3
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-14 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Exploit 1
Patch 1
More SmarterTools vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-104082 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-104082 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4rp5-r82m-g6p3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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