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Znuny EUVDEUVD-2026-101821

| CVE-2026-93484 HIGH
SQL Injection (CWE-89)
2026-10-15 mitre GHSA-mxcg-m44c-38cw
8.6
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: mitre
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Authenticate with low-privileged Znuny account
  2. Exploit
    Craft malicious ContentSearch value
  3. Execution
    Inject SQL via ticket search query
  4. Impact
    Exfiltrate or modify database records

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated Znuny session (PR:L / AU:Y) with access to ticket-search functionality, and the attacker must be able to supply the ContentSearch parameter, which the application expects to contain only the literal keyword 'AND' or 'OR' but concatenates verbatim into the SQL statement without validation. The flaw affects Znuny versions through 7.3.6 in default configurations of the ticket-search backend (Kernel::System::Ticket::TicketSearch and Kernel::System::Ticket::ArticleSearchIndex::DB), so no non-default feature toggle appears necessary. Limiting factors: exploitation is gated by needing valid credentials (agent or customer account) and reachability of the search interface; it is not exploitable pre-authentication, which bounds the threat to insiders or attackers who can obtain accounts.

Impact

This is a credible, actionable priority rather than a paper-tiger high-CVSS issue, though not an emergency. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring only low privileges (PR:L) and no user interaction, with high confidentiality and integrity impact (VC:H/VI:H) - consistent with CWE-89 SQL injection against a backend ticket database. The attack requirement AU:Y (user authentication) and PR:L together confirm that a valid, low-privileged Znuny account is a hard prerequisite, which meaningfully narrows the attacker population to insiders or anyone able to obtain/register an agent or customer account. No EPSS score, SSVC decision, KEV listing, or POC reference was supplied: there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation, so urgency rests on the vulnerability's intrinsic severity and ease, not on observed attacks. One signal to reconcile: the vector sets VA:N (no availability impact on the vulnerable system) while the description and the 'Denial Of Service' tag explicitly cite DoS as an outcome - a SQLi that permits data modification can plausibly degrade or destroy the ticket store, so defenders should treat availability as at-risk despite the VA:N scoring. Net: patch promptly given the low exploitation barrier, but absent KEV/EPSS/POC this is a standard-priority authenticated SQLi, not a drop-everything internet-worm scenario.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A low-privileged Znuny agent or customer user with access to the ticket-search functionality submits a crafted ContentSearch parameter value that breaks out of the expected 'AND'/'OR' keyword and injects arbitrary SQL into the generated ticket-search query. Because the input is concatenated directly into the statement (TicketSearch / ArticleSearchIndex::DB), the attacker can read other tenants' tickets, alter records, or issue destructive statements. No public proof-of-concept was provided, but the trivial AND/OR injection point makes exploitation straightforward for anyone with a valid account.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 15, 2026

SQL injection in Znuny's ticket-search backend (versions through 7.3.6) allows an authenticated remote attacker with a valid agent or customer account to inject arbitrary SQL through the ContentSearch parameter, enabling theft or modification of ticketing data. The flaw requires the attacker to reach the search interface and supply a value for a parameter that the code expects to contain only the literal 'AND' or 'OR', yet concatenates verbatim into the generated query (CWE-89). No public exploit code was identified at the time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing applies; the assessed impact is high confidentiality and integrity loss with no confirmed availability impact.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory ZSA-2026-15 (https://www.znuny.org/en/advisories/zsa-2026-15); no exact fixed version number is supplied in the available input data, so confirm the specific release in that advisory and upgrade beyond the affected 'through 7.3.6' range. Because exploitation requires a valid agent or customer account, reduce exposure by auditing and pruning unnecessary accounts, enforcing MFA where supported, and limiting search-interface access to trusted users - side effect: this tightens usability for legitimate staff. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, consider a reverse proxy or WAF rule that rejects unexpected ContentSearch values that are not exactly 'AND' or 'OR' - side effect: brittle, may break integrations or miss encoded payloads; additionally restrict the database account used by Znuny to the least privilege needed for normal operation (no DDL, no cross-schema reads) - side effect: may break maintenance tasks or reporting features that rely on broader grants. Log and alert on anomalous search queries and database errors for detection while remediation is in progress.

Affected VersionsENISA

Znuny 0 <6.5.25
Znuny 7.0.0 <7.3.7

Affected Packages

euvd znuny fix: 6.5.25, 7.3.7

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Znuny is an open-source fork of the OTRS helpdesk/ticketing platform, written primarily in Perl and backed by a relational database. The vulnerable code lives in Kernel::System::Ticket::TicketSearch and Kernel::System::Ticket::ArticleSearchIndex::DB, where the ContentSearch parameter - intended to act as a boolean keyword ('AND' or 'OR') when composing search SQL - is interpolated directly into the query string rather than bound through placeholders. This is a classic CWE-89 SQL injection: the application fails to neutralize special elements, so characters such as quotes and SQL syntax flow into the database engine and can alter the statement's structure. CPE cpe:2.3:a:znuny:znuny:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the affected product family, and the description scopes affected releases to Znuny through 7.3.6. Exploitation requires an authenticated session (CVSS PR:L, AU:Y in the supplied vectors) with access to ticket search; no non-default configuration toggle appears necessary, so default deployments that expose the search UI to logged-in users are in scope.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY 8.6 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M/U:Amber
vuln.today AI 8.1 HIGH

Network-reachable search with a trivial AND/OR injection gives AV:N/AC:L; a valid low-privileged account is required so PR:L; high data read/modify yields C:H/I:H, A:N kept to match the vendor vector's VA:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
Low
Subsequent system: Integrity
Low
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 15, 2026 - 05:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 15, 2026 - 03:50 cve.org
HIGH 8.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Znuny through 7.3.6 constructs a ticket-search database query by directly concatenating user-supplied input into the SQL statement. This lack of proper sanitization or the use of parameterized queries allows an attacker to inject arbitrary SQL commands, leading to data theft, modification, or denial of service. Specifically this is in Kernel::System::Ticket::TicketSearch and Kernel::System::Ticket::ArticleSearchIndex::DB via the ContentSearch parameter. The parameter is expected to be either "AND" or "OR", but its value was concatenated directly into the generated SQL query without validation.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Znuny's ticket-search backend (versions through 7.3.6) is affected by a SQL injection flaw reachable through the ContentSearch parameter, allowing someone holding a valid agent or customer account to read or alter ticketing records; no vendor patch is currently available. Helpdesk systems typically concentrate sensitive customer, employee, and incident information, so exposure means potential disclosure of that data plus falsified, altered, or deleted tickets that can erode service continuity and audit integrity. Leadership should prioritize this for any team running Znuny, because near-term risk reduction depends entirely on access restrictions, monitoring, and configuration hardening rather than a fix.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict or disable ticket search for customer and non-essential agent accounts; enforce a web application firewall or reverse-proxy rule that only permits the expected 'AND'/'OR' literal in ContentSearch and logs all other values; apply least privilege to the Znuny database account so injected queries cannot read or write beyond ticketing tables; enable and monitor search-endpoint logging for anomalous ContentSearch payloads and unusual ticket data access or modification; verify backup and restore integrity to recover from tampering; and monitor the vendor advisory for a patched release.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Znuny is a widely-used OTRS-fork helpdesk, common but not ubiquitous
Social Media
2
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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

43
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +43
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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