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Zimbra Collaboration Suite EUVDEUVD-2026-108965

| CVE-2026-93629 MEDIUM
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (CWE-290)
2026-10-23 rapid7 GHSA-x4qw-fpgg-g7x4
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: rapid7
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Send crafted external email with iCalendar REQUEST
  2. Exploit
    Forge ORGANIZER identity of trusted user
  3. Execution
    Auto-insertion creates event on victim calendar
  4. Impact
    Victim acts on spoofed meeting details/reminders

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 Zimbra deployment has automatic invitation insertion enabled and that its email delivery path accepts external invitations - the crafted iCalendar REQUEST component is auto-processed into an event without recipient interaction. The attacker needs no authentication (PR:N) and sets an attacker-chosen ORGANIZER value to impersonate another user; no corresponding event is created in the claimed organizer's real calendar. The principal limiting factor is the automatic-insertion feature: deployments where this is disabled or where external calendar invitations are filtered are not exposed by default. Impact is bounded to forged/spoofed calendar entries (integrity) - it does not grant data access or code execution. Whether automatic insertion is the shipped default for the affected 10.1.x builds is not stated in the available sources.

Impact

This is a medium-severity integrity flaw (CVSS 5.3) that is best treated as a priority to patch this cycle rather than an emergency, matching the input Decision label of 'this_month'. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) indicates a network-reachable, unauthenticated, low-complexity attack requiring no user interaction, and the sole impact is a limited integrity violation (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability consequence (C:N/A:N) - consistent with CWE-290 (authentication bypass by spoofing of the iCalendar ORGANIZER identity). No EPSS score was provided, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified from this data. The CVE is NOT in CISA KEV, so there is no confirmed active exploitation. A Rapid7 research reference exists ('Breaking Zimbra Identity Boundaries, Part 1'), so this should be regarded as a public PoC/technique reference rather than verified working exploit code. The limiting factor that keeps real-world risk moderate rather than critical is that exploitation depends on the 'automatic invitation insertion' feature being enabled - a deployment-dependent precondition. Net: a credible, low-complexity spoofing/forgery issue worth remediating promptly, but its bounded impact (forged calendar entries, no data disclosure or system compromise) places it below the tier of a drop-everything emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker sends a crafted external email containing an iCalendar REQUEST component to a Zimbra user whose tenant has automatic invitation insertion enabled, setting the ORGANIZER field to a trusted colleague or executive the attacker is impersonating. Because the delivery path does not verify the sender is authorized to use that ORGANIZER identity, a meeting with attacker-chosen details and reminders is auto-created on the victim's calendar under the forged organizer, with no recipient interaction. A Rapid7 technical write-up describing the identity-boundary weakness is publicly referenced, though it is not verified as working exploit code.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 23, 2026

Forged calendar invitations in Zimbra Collaboration Suite 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 can be inserted under another user's ORGANIZER identity by an unauthenticated external sender when automatic invitation insertion is enabled. The resulting event carries attacker-chosen meeting details and reminders but is not created in the claimed organizer's calendar, so impact is limited to calendar integrity (CVSS 5.3) rather than data access or code execution. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis; the priority is this-month remediation, not emergency response.

RemediationAI

Apply the fixed Zimbra Collaboration Suite build identified on the vendor security advisory page (https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories); the provided data does not specify an exact fixed version, so verify the 10.1.x maintenance release that addresses CVE-2026-93629 before upgrading. If immediate upgrade is not possible, reduce exposure by disabling automatic invitation insertion and by filtering external calendar invitations at the mail gateway, because the crafted REQUEST is only auto-processed into an event when that feature is enabled and external invitations are accepted. The trade-off is that users must process legitimate meeting invitations manually and external senders may have their invitations blocked. The flaw does not write an event into the claimed organizer's calendar, so the forged entry appears only on recipients' calendars.

Affected VersionsENISA

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 0 ≤10.1.21

Affected Packages

euvd zimbra_collaboration_suite no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The issue is in Zimbra's inbound email-to-calendar path, which accepts iCalendar REQUEST components from external senders. iCalendar identifies the event owner via the ORGANIZER property; ZCS does not verify that the message sender is authorized to assert that identity, a CWE-290 authentication bypass by spoofing. When automatic invitation insertion is enabled, the REQUEST is processed into a recipient-visible event with attacker-selected details and reminders, with no recipient interaction (UI:N) and no authentication (PR:N). The CPE cpe:2.3:a:zimbra:zimbra_collaboration_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is unversioned, while EUVD lists 0 through 10.1.21 and the description names 10.1.16 and 10.1.21. Exploitation depends on automatic insertion being enabled and external invitations being accepted; whether automatic insertion is the shipped default in 10.1.x is not stated in available sources. Rapid7 analysis is available at https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/ve-breaking-zimbra-identity-boundaries-part-1/.

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Severity by source

Vendor (rapid7) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Remote unauthenticated email sender (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) forges organizer identity for a limited integrity impact (I:L), with no confidentiality or availability effect.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (rapid7).

CVSS VectorVendor: rapid7

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

DescriptionCVE.org

An organizer authentication vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows an unauthenticated email sender to insert calendar invitations attributed to another user. The email delivery path permits external invitations but does not verify that the message sender is authorized to use the iCalendar ORGANIZER identity. When automatic invitation insertion is enabled, a crafted REQUEST component creates an event containing attacker-selected meeting details and reminders under a forged organizer without recipient interaction. No corresponding event is created in the claimed organizer's calendar. ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 are affected.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
widely used enterprise email/collaboration platform, common but not everywhere
Data Quality
4 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 0.4%
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· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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