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TI-2026-82250 Aliases CVE-2026-85749

Authorization bypass in MailWatch lets users alter other users' mail

Priority HIGH 68CWE-566Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.

Summary

MailWatch for MailScanner before 1.2.27 is affected. An authenticated user can release to inbox or permanently delete quarantined mail belonging to other users or domains by supplying an arbitrary message identifier, because ownership of the message is never checked (CWE-639). Message identifiers can be enumerated, so a low-privilege user can force delivery of held mail or destroy it.

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

Description from the CNA

MailWatch for MailScanner is a web-based front-end to MailScanner. Prior to 1.2.27, any authenticated MailWatch user, including the U/user, D/domain-admin, and H/host roles, can release to inbox or permanently delete the quarantined mail of any other user or domain by supplying an arbitrary message `id` to `mailscanner/quarantine_action.php`. The action path calls `quarantine_list_items()` in `mailscanner/functions.php`, which selects from `maillog` by the supplied identifier without the per-role `global_filter` applied by listing and read views. The action requires a valid session and CSRF token, but the caller can submit a token from the caller's own session; ownership of the requested message is never checked. Message identifiers are enumerable, allowing a low-privilege user to invoke `quarantine_release()` or `quarantine_delete()` for other users' or domains' quarantined messages, force-delivering mail held by the quarantine or permanently deleting it. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.27.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00287 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MailWatch (mailwatch): 1.2.27

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
mailwatchMailWatchbefore 1.2.271.2.27Patch availableCNA
  • MailWatch Vendormailwatch Affected before 1.2.27 Fixed in 1.2.27 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Upgrade MailWatch for MailScanner to version 1.2.27, which fixes this issue.

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

  • Fix · CNA MailWatch (mailwatch) Fixed in 1.2.27

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85749
  2. 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-29 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH

References

  • TI-2008-05687 Directory traversal vulnerability in docs.php in MailWatch for MailScanner 1.0.4 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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