Incorrect authorization in Roundcube Webmail Modoboa password driver
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Roundcube Webmail from 1.6.0 before 1.6.20 and from 1.7.0 before 1.7.5 has an incorrect authorization flaw in the Modoboa driver of the password plugin. The driver used the first account in the Modoboa API search result instead of the authenticated user (CWE-863). A remote attacker with low privileges can change the password of a different account.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Description from the CNA
Roundcube Webmail before 1.6.20 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 is affected by an incorrect authorization vulnerability in the Modoboa driver of the password plugin. The driver took the first entry of the account search result returned by the Modoboa API instead of matching the authenticated user, so a password change could be applied to a different account. Upstream fixed this in the commit “Fix bug where Password Modoboa driver could change password for another account”, which selects the account whose username matches and fails if none does.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
The fixed versions are Roundcube Webmail 1.6.20 and 1.7.5.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
- Fix · CNA Webmail (Roundcube) Fixed in 1.6.20, 1.7.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Roundcube Webmail — roundcube.net/news/2026/10/19/security-updates-1.6.20-and-1…
20 records Highest priority Priority LOW 20 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-79180 Server-side request forgery filter bypass in Roundcube WebmailPriority LOW 38
- TI-2026-79177 Roundcube Webmail passes unsafe SVG and EPS content to ImageMagickPriority LOW 38
- TI-2026-79182 Improper authentication in Roundcube Webmail multi-host alias loginsPriority LOW 37
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-22 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-114715
- 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-x46g-hj4c-2cgc
- 2026-10-23 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · NVD
- 2026-11-02 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Patch 4
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/e6a77272a5837e7104238a2f270ac412ff0a8ff3
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.7.5
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.20
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/3d9d05bfe2da7f93b8d47e68cadab22bb67e6cc9
More Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-31204 Deserialization of untrusted data in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2021-19778 Roundcube before 1.3.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 is prone to a potential SQL injection via search or search_params. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10051 rcube_image.php in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28025 A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2017-12250 Roundcube Webmail before 1.1.10, 1.2.x before 1.2.7, and 1.3.x before 1.3.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-41994 Cross-site scripting in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-114715 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-114715 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x46g-hj4c-2cgc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-114715 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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