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Zimbra Collaboration Suite EUVDEUVD-2026-109079

| CVE-2026-115785 MEDIUM
Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') (CWE-93)
2026-10-23 rapid7 GHSA-m4x2-65hq-rqw6
4.3
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
    Authenticate as ordinary Zimbra user with account options
  2. Delivery
    Inject CR/LF into emailAddress via SOAP data-source test
  3. Exploit
    Zimbra completes POP3/IMAP login then pipelines injected SMTP verbs
  4. Execution
    SMTP service accepts pipelined transaction
  5. Impact
    Submit spoofed mail to attacker-chosen recipients

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization CRLF sequence sanitization
Exploitation Conditions

Requires: (1) valid credentials for an ordinary Zimbra account that has account options enabled - a specific per-account configuration, not a default guarantee; (2) use of the data-source testing functionality reachable via JSON SOAP; (3) injection of CR/LF into the emailAddress field so commands enter the SMTP envelope; and (4) a target SMTP service that accepts the pipelined transaction after Zimbra's preliminary POP3 or IMAP login succeeds - if that service rejects pipelining, the injection does not deliver mail. Confirmed affected on ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.20. Limiting factors: authentication is mandatory (no anonymous path), the vulnerable account-options feature must be enabled, and no victim interaction is needed once those hold. The description does not name a confirmed fixed/patched version.

Impact

Signals point to a moderate, prioritize-this-month issue rather than an emergency. The input CVSS of 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) reflects a network-reachable but authentication-gated flaw with only limited integrity impact and no confidentiality or availability impact, which matches the description: an ordinary authenticated user (PR:L) abuses the data-source testing SOAP call to inject SMTP commands. No EPSS score, no SSVC automatable/technical-impact breakdown, and no CISA KEV entry were provided, so exploitation-probability modeling cannot be done from this data. There is no confirmed weaponized exploit; however the Rapid7 research blog referenced here is a detailed public technical write-up by the reporting party, so defenders should assume the mechanism is publicly understood even though the input does not label it as confirmed working exploit code. The vuln.today Decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now/emergency), consistent with the medium CVSS and the authentication prerequisite. Net: a credible, publicly-documented abuse path for authenticated spoofing/mail-injection, but gated by valid credentials plus specific account configuration and a cooperating SMTP service - real enough to patch on a planned cycle, not a drop-everything event.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who holds any ordinary Zimbra account with account options enabled issues a JSON SOAP data-source test request, placing CR/LF plus crafted SMTP verbs inside the emailAddress field so the injected commands ride into the SMTP envelope after Zimbra completes its preliminary POP3/IMAP login. If the target SMTP service accepts the pipelined transaction, the attacker submits email with attacker-chosen recipients, headers and body - enabling spoofing and unsolicited mail with no victim interaction. A public technical write-up of this technique exists (Rapid7 blog), though the input does not confirm it as a ready-to-run working exploit.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 1.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 23, 2026

SMTP command injection in Zimbra Collaboration Suite 10.1.16 and 10.1.20 allows an authenticated, low-privileged account holder to smuggle attacker-chosen recipients, headers and body content into mail handled by the data-source testing feature. The attacker must hold valid credentials for an ordinary account that has account options enabled, then inject CR/LF sequences into the emailAddress field of a JSON SOAP request; after the preliminary POP3 or IMAP login succeeds, the injected SMTP commands are sent to the selected SMTP service, and delivery occurs only if that service accepts the pipelined transaction. Impact is limited to integrity (CVSS 4.3, C:N/I:L/A:N) with no confidentiality or availability effect and no victim interaction required; no public exploit was identified at time of analysis, and the vuln.today decision label is this_month rather than an emergency.

RemediationAI

The available data names no confirmed fixed version for CVE-2026-115785, so no vendor-released patch is identified at time of analysis; administrators should consult the Zimbra Security Advisories wiki (https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories) for the current release guidance before planning upgrades, and track the Rapid7 write-up at https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/ve-breaking-zimbra-identity-boundaries-part-1/ for technical detail. Because the attack chain depends on documented preconditions, interim exposure reduction should target those conditions: review which accounts have the account options feature enabled and narrow that set where the data-source testing capability is not operationally required, noting that this removes a legitimate troubleshooting feature for the affected users; and inspect the SMTP service that Zimbra data-source tests are pointed at, since a service that rejects pipelined transactions breaks delivery of the injected commands, at the cost of restricting which SMTP relays can be used for those tests. Rate is prioritized as this_month by vuln.today, consistent with the moderate integrity-only impact and the requirement for valid low-privileged credentials.

Affected VersionsENISA

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 0 ≤10.1.20

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 flaw is CWE-93 (improper neutralization of CRLF sequences), a classic injection class in which unescaped carriage-return/line-feed characters let data cross a protocol boundary into command position. Here the boundary is the SMTP envelope: Zimbra's data-source testing functionality accepts an emailAddress value through a JSON SOAP request and inserts it into an SMTP envelope command without neutralizing embedded line breaks. Because the data-source test first performs a POP3 or IMAP login and then speaks to the selected SMTP service, an injected CR/LF can append further SMTP commands to the pipelined transaction, allowing attacker-selected recipients, headers and body content to be submitted. The final step depends on the downstream SMTP service accepting pipelined commands; a service that rejects pipelining breaks the chain and the smuggled mail is not delivered. Two preconditions beyond the injected payload are explicit in the assessment: the requesting user must hold valid credentials for an ordinary account, and that account must have the account options feature enabled. The supplied CPE (cpe:2.3:a:zimbra:zimbra_collaboration_suite with wildcard version) covers the product broadly, while exploitation is confirmed on ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.20; other branches are unverified in the available data. The trigger is fully described only for the data-source testing path via SOAP.

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Severity by source

Vendor (rapid7) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Network-reachable SOAP call (AV:N/AC:L), requires a low-privilege authenticated account with options enabled (PR:L/UI:N); impact is unauthorized mail injection/spoofing, an integrity effect only (I:L, C:N/A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

An SMTP command injection vulnerability in the data-source testing functionality of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows an ordinary authenticated user with account options enabled to inject CR/LF into the emailAddress inserted into an SMTP envelope command by a JSON SOAP request. After a successful preliminary POP3 or IMAP login, Zimbra sends the injected commands to the selected SMTP service. If that service accepts the pipelined transaction, the attacker can submit mail with attacker-selected recipients, headers and body content without victim interaction. The vulnerable command-construction path is present in ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.20.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 38% exploitable
Prevalence
High
widely deployed enterprise email/collaboration suite across SMB and government
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

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 1.0%
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
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

23
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.

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