Calendar organizer spoofing in Zimbra Collaboration Suite
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-290.
Summary
Zimbra Collaboration Suite versions through 10.1.21 are affected. The email delivery path does not verify that the sender is authorized to use the iCalendar ORGANIZER identity, which is an authentication bypass by spoofing (CWE-290). An unauthenticated remote attacker who sends an email can create calendar events under a forged organizer when automatic invitation insertion is enabled, without recipient interaction.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
An organizer authentication vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows an unauthenticated email sender to insert calendar invitations attributed to another user. The email delivery path permits external invitations but does not verify that the message sender is authorized to use the iCalendar ORGANIZER identity. When automatic invitation insertion is enabled, a crafted REQUEST component creates an event containing attacker-selected meeting details and reminders under a forged organizer without recipient interaction. No corresponding event is created in the claimed organizer's calendar. ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 are affected.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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
The sources list no fixed version for Zimbra Collaboration Suite.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-23 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93629
- 2026-10-23 Alias added: GHSA-x4qw-fpgg-g7x4
- 2026-10-28 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-2026-93629 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93629 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x4qw-fpgg-g7x4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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