Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain target meeting UID and organizer address
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ExploitCraft iCalendar CANCEL/REQUEST with non-outdated sequence number
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ExecutionSend spoofed email to recipient's Zimbra account
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ImpactServer auto-processes and moves or alters victim's meeting
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Anti-spoofing controls
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that the target run an affected Zimbra Collaboration Suite build (10.1.16 or 10.1.21) and that the attacker know, per target, the exact meeting UID and the organizer's email address and supply a non-outdated (current or higher) iCalendar sequence number in a CANCEL or REQUEST component. No authentication (PR:N) and no recipient interaction (UI:N) are needed because the calendar component is processed automatically during email delivery. The practical limiting factors are the target-specific knowledge of UID and valid sequence number and the fact that impact is confined to integrity of individual calendar entries (cancel/modify/replace) - there is no confidentiality exposure, no broader system availability loss, and no code execution. |
| Impact | Signals point to a genuine but moderate-priority issue rather than an emergency. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, base 5.3) correctly captures an unauthenticated, network-reachable, no-interaction flaw whose impact is limited to integrity of calendar data (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability loss. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', not act_now/emergency, which is consistent with the medium severity. No EPSS score and no CISA KEV status are present in the input, so widespread or active exploitation is not evidenced; the flaw was reported by Rapid7 and documented in their research blog, meaning the technique is publicly described. One tension worth flagging: NVD rates AC:L, but successful exploitation requires target-specific knowledge (the exact meeting UID plus the organizer's address plus a non-outdated iCalendar sequence number), which in practice raises attack complexity and argues against treating every CVSS signal at face value. Net: a real, unauthenticated integrity-manipulation bug that merits timely patching but is not a drop-everything event, and the absence of EPSS/KEV data should be noted rather than assumed benign. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has learned a victim's meeting UID and the organizer's email address crafts a spoofed email containing an iCalendar CANCEL or REQUEST component with a current-or-higher sequence number and sends it to the recipient. Because Zimbra processes the calendar component automatically during email delivery without verifying the sender is the real organizer and without recipient interaction, the victim's meeting is silently moved to Trash or its details are replaced. No confirmed working exploit code is flagged in the input, though Rapid7's research blog publicly documents the identity-boundary technique. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 23, 2026
Zimbra Collaboration Suite 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 process iCalendar CANCEL and REQUEST components without verifying that the email sender is authorized to act as the listed organizer, so an unauthenticated sender who knows a meeting's UID, organizer address, and a current or higher sequence number can cancel, move to Trash, or replace an existing meeting in the recipient's calendar. The calendar update is handled automatically during mail delivery, requiring no recipient interaction, but the assessed impact is limited to integrity of individual calendar entries with no confidentiality or availability loss and no code execution. The issue is rated moderate priority; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and there is no CISA KEV confirmation of active exploitation.
RemediationAI
The supplied data does not specify a fixed ZCS version, so there is no exact patched build to cite; administrators should consult the Zimbra Security Advisories page (https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories) and apply the vendor's fixed release for the affected 10.1.16/10.1.21 branches once it is identified. No workaround or configuration-level mitigation is described in the available sources, and because the calendar processing occurs automatically during email delivery, blocking all iCalendar traffic would be a broad trade-off that could disrupt legitimate scheduling and is not presented here as a validated fix. Treat the issue as a this-month remediation item rather than an emergency, and verify calendar integrity for users on affected builds in the interim.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is in Zimbra's email calendar processing and maps to CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing). iCalendar scheduling messages carry an organizer identity, a meeting UID, and a sequence number; Zimbra accepts CANCEL and REQUEST components without confirming that the SMTP sender is entitled to act for the organizer named in the payload. An attacker therefore only needs target-specific knowledge - the exact meeting UID, the organizer's email address, and a non-outdated sequence number - to make the server apply a cancellation or replacement automatically at delivery time. The assessed vector is AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N with low integrity impact only (I:L); the high attack complexity reflects the target-specific UID and sequence-number prerequisites rather than any encryption or network-position requirement, and the available sources do not describe a memory-safety or code-execution component.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
AV:N and UI:N because it is triggered by inbound email processed automatically; PR:N since the sender is unauthenticated; AC:H because the attacker must know a target-specific meeting UID and valid sequence number; impact is integrity-only (I:L).
Primary rating from Vendor (rapid7).
CVSS VectorVendor: rapid7
DescriptionCVE.org
An organizer authentication vulnerability in the email calendar processing of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows an unauthenticated sender to cancel or modify an existing meeting in a recipient's calendar. Zimbra accepts iCalendar CANCEL and REQUEST components without verifying that the email sender is authorized to act as the supplied organizer. An attacker who knows the meeting UID and organizer address can supply a non-outdated sequence number to move the recipient's meeting to Trash or replace its details. Processing occurs automatically during email delivery without recipient interaction. ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 are affected.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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GHSA-77gq-8m6p-2c3g
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EPSS
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