SMTP command injection in Zimbra Collaboration Suite data source test
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Zimbra Collaboration Suite versions through 10.1.20 are affected, and the vulnerable command-construction path is present in 10.1.16 and 10.1.20. The data-source test function does not neutralize CR/LF characters in the email address it places into an SMTP envelope command (CWE-93). An ordinary authenticated user with account options enabled can inject SMTP commands, and after a successful POP3 or IMAP login the injected commands reach the selected SMTP service. If that service accepts the pipelined transaction, the attacker can submit mail with chosen recipients, headers and body without victim interaction.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
An SMTP command injection vulnerability in the data-source testing functionality of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows an ordinary authenticated user with account options enabled to inject CR/LF into the emailAddress inserted into an SMTP envelope command by a JSON SOAP request. After a successful preliminary POP3 or IMAP login, Zimbra sends the injected commands to the selected SMTP service. If that service accepts the pipelined transaction, the attacker can submit mail with attacker-selected recipients, headers and body content without victim interaction. The vulnerable command-construction path is present in ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.20.
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 sources list no fixed version for Zimbra Collaboration Suite.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Timeline
- 2026-10-23 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115785
- 2026-10-23 Alias added: GHSA-m4x2-65hq-rqw6
- 2026-10-24 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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-2026-115785 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-115785 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m4x2-65hq-rqw6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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