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OTRS CVE-2026-48210

| EUVDEUVD-2026-33518 MEDIUM
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-05-31 OTRS GHSA-f9pc-83mw-48hx
5.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: OTRS
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privileged OTRS agent
  2. Delivery
    Open ticket containing internal content
  3. Exploit
    Initiate article forwarding action
  4. Execution
    Default flag silently marks content as customer-visible
  5. Impact
    Internal data exposed on External Frontend

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated OTRS user with at least low-level privileges (PR:L per CVSS) and necessitates that the user perform a ticket article forwarding action (UI:R - passive exposure does not occur without this agent action). The vulnerable condition is specific to the forwarding workflow in OTRS 2026.3.1, where the 'Is visible for customer' visibility control is both defaulted to enabled and removed from the UI. Exploitation is limited to environments where the External Frontend (customer portal) is deployed and accessible to customers; installations that do not expose the External Frontend are not at risk of customer-visible disclosure. No network-level preconditions beyond authenticated access to the OTRS agent interface are required.

Impact

The CVSS 5.7 Medium score is driven by AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The high confidentiality impact (C:H) reflects the potential severity of leaking internal ticket contents, but the overall score is moderated by the requirement for authenticated access (PR:L) and user interaction (UI:R - an agent must actively perform the forwarding action). This is not a remotely triggerable flaw in the traditional sense; exploitation requires a legitimate, low-privileged OTRS agent to perform a routine workflow operation. EPSS data was not provided, and this CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, nor is any POC publicly known. Real-world risk is most acute in environments where agents regularly forward tickets that contain internal-only notes or confidential diagnostics to customer-visible channels, as the misconfiguration silently promotes that content without agent awareness. Organizations with strict data-handling requirements (healthcare, legal, financial support) should treat this as higher priority than the raw score implies.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated OTRS support agent, working a ticket that contains internal engineering notes or sensitive diagnostic data, uses the standard 'Forward' action to send the article to a third party. The 'Is visible for customer' flag is silently enforced by the misconfigured default and the toggle is hidden, so the internal content is simultaneously published to the External Frontend customer portal. The customer - or any party with access to the External Frontend - can then read ticket content that was intended to remain internal.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – May 31, 2026

Unintended internal ticket data exposure in OTRS 2026.3.1 occurs because the ticket article forwarding feature enforces the 'Is visible for customer' flag by default and provides no UI control to override it. Authenticated agents who forward ticket articles will inadvertently expose internal communications or notes to customers through the External Frontend without any warning or opt-out. No public exploit code exists and this is not listed in CISA KEV, but the high confidentiality impact (C:H in CVSS) makes this a meaningful data-leak risk for organizations handling sensitive support workflows.

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor-released fix per the OTRS Security Advisory 2026-09 at https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2026-09/. No exact patched version number was provided in available data, so confirm the target upgrade version directly from the advisory before deploying. As a compensating control pending patching, administrators should instruct agents to avoid using the ticket article forwarding feature for articles that contain internal-only content, and should audit existing forwarded articles in the External Frontend for inadvertent disclosures. Additionally, review OTRS system configuration for any settings that govern visibility defaults on article actions and assess whether a configuration-level override is available in the admin panel. Note that restricting access to the forwarding feature entirely would prevent information leakage but would also disrupt legitimate forwarding workflows.

Affected VersionsENISA

OTRS 2026.3.1

Affected Packages

euvd otrs no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

OTRS (Open Ticket Request System) is an enterprise service management platform used for customer support and internal IT operations. The affected component is the ticket article forwarding workflow, which relies on a visibility flag ('Is visible for customer') to control whether ticket content is surfaced to the customer-facing External Frontend portal. According to CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), the root cause is an improper default configuration - the flag defaults to enabled during forwarding and the UI suppresses the toggle control, removing the agent's ability to override it. This means any internal notes, inter-agent communications, or sensitive ticket metadata attached during forwarding are automatically marked as customer-visible. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:otrs_ag:otrs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* scoped to version 2026.3.1.

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Severity by source

Vendor (OTRS) PRIMARY 5.7 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from Vendor (OTRS) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: OTRS

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

An improper default configuration in OTRS 2026.3.1 causes ticket article forwarding actions to enforce the “Is visible for customer” flag by default and prevent users from disabling it via the UI. This leads to unintended exposure of internal ticket information to the External Frontend

This issue affects OTRS 2026.3.1

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 99% exploitable
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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