Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with any valid ZCS account
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ExploitSend forged FileSharedWithMeRequest naming a victim owner
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ImpactPlant spoofed shared-file record in victim mailbox
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | The attacker must hold a valid authenticated account on the target Zimbra server (PR:L) - any local user suffices, no admin or delegated rights are needed because the flaw is precisely that FileSharedWithMeRequest bypasses delegated-account authorization. The request accepts attacker-selected file metadata, owner identifiers and declared sizes without validating a corresponding real document share, so no cooperation from the victim and no prior share are required. Limiting factors: exploitation is confined to authenticated users of the server, requires no victim interaction, and its impact is limited to integrity (planting forged 'shared with me' records attributed to another real local account) with no confidentiality or availability effect; affected versions are ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.20. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-urgency, medium-severity issue despite being remotely reachable. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, base 4.3) is internally consistent with the description: an already-authenticated user (PR:L) can abuse FileSharedWithMeRequest over the network with low complexity and no victim interaction, but the only impact is low integrity (I:L) - forged shared-file records planted in another account - with no confidentiality or availability loss. The vuln.today Decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now/emergency), which aligns with the modest CVSS and integrity-only impact. No EPSS score was provided and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, so there is no signal of widespread or automated exploitation. The SSVC decision inputs (automatable, technical impact, exploitation status) were not supplied and cannot be assessed. A public technical reference from Rapid7 exists (the original reporter), which raises the odds of exploit development, but this is an authenticated, integrity-limited data-forgery flaw rather than a code-execution or data-theft bug. Note that Zimbra as a product has a strong history of being targeted, so operators should not dismiss it, but on its own signals this flaw is a routine scheduled-patch item, not a drop-everything priority. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a valid, low-privileged account on the Zimbra server sends a crafted FileSharedWithMeRequest specifying another real local user as the file owner and attacker-chosen file metadata. Because the request bypasses delegated-account authorization and does not validate a corresponding document share, a forged 'shared with me' entry appears in the victim's mailbox with no action or interaction by the victim, enabling spoofing or social-engineering follow-ons. A public technical reference from Rapid7 exists; it is not verified as working exploit code. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 23, 2026
Zimbra Collaboration Suite 10.1.16 and 10.1.20 allow any authenticated local user to plant forged 'shared with me' file records in another user's mailbox through FileSharedWithMeRequest without victim interaction, with impact limited to integrity. The request bypasses delegated-account authorization and accepts attacker-selected metadata, owner identifiers, and declared sizes without validating a corresponding document share. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Obtain and apply the fixed Zimbra Collaboration Suite build referenced by the vendor advisory at https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories; the supplied data does not specify an exact fixed release, so confirm the patched build for 10.1.16 and 10.1.20 before upgrading. Rapid7's analysis is available at https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/ve-breaking-zimbra-identity-boundaries-part-1/ for additional context. The provided sources do not describe compensating controls, so no specific workaround can be recommended from the available evidence.
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The issue is an object-level authorization failure in Zimbra's mailbox sharing path, mapped to CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key). FileSharedWithMeRequest trusts client-supplied owner identifiers and file metadata instead of deriving or validating them against an actual document share, allowing forged shared-file entries attributed to another real local account. The assessed CVSS vector requires a valid authenticated account (PR:L) and no victim interaction (UI:N); confidentiality and availability impact are none, while integrity impact is low. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:zimbra:zimbra_collaboration_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is broad, and EUVD lists an affected range up to ZCS 10.1.20, while the description specifically identifies 10.1.16 and 10.1.20 as affected. The provided sources do not identify an underlying library beyond Zimbra's mailbox/sharing request handling.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Remote SOAP request by any authenticated user (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N); only victim-mailbox integrity is affected by forged records (I:L), with no confidentiality or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (rapid7).
CVSS VectorVendor: rapid7
DescriptionCVE.org
A cross-account authorization vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows an authenticated user to insert forged shared-file records into another user's mailbox through FileSharedWithMeRequest. The request bypasses delegated-account authorization and accepts attacker-selected file metadata, owner identifiers and declared sizes without validating a corresponding document share. An attacker can plant entries attributed to another real local account without that account sharing a document. No victim interaction is required. ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.20 are affected.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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