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Roundcube Webmail EUVDEUVD-2026-31717

| CVE-2026-48844 HIGH
Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation (CWE-670)
2026-05-25 mitre GHSA-qhxr-pc4x-jrq3
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Authenticate to Roundcube webmail
  2. Delivery
    Reach LDAP address book feature
  3. Exploit
    Submit input expanding via autovalues template
  4. Execution
    Evaluator executes attacker-controlled PHP
  5. Persist
    Code runs as webmail process user
  6. Impact
    Pivot to mail data or host

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Always-incorrect control flow
Exploitation Conditions

Requires a Roundcube deployment where the LDAP address book is enabled AND the administrator configured the autovalues option using templated expressions (the feature whose evaluation path was removed in 1.6.16/1.7.1). The attacker must also hold valid Roundcube credentials (CVSS PR:L) to reach the address book functionality, and CVSS AC:H indicates additional non-trivial conditions on the template content or LDAP entry data that the attacker must influence. Roundcube deployments without LDAP address book integration, or with autovalues defined as plain LDAP attribute references rather than evaluated expressions, are not exploitable.

Impact

Signals are mixed and lean toward moderate, not critical. CVSS 7.5 with AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/C:H/I:H/A:H reflects network reach and full CIA impact but flags both high attack complexity and required low-level privileges, meaning an attacker needs a valid Roundcube account and must satisfy non-trivial preconditions in the LDAP autovalues template. EPSS at 0.05% (14th percentile) and the absence of KEV listing or known public PoC suggest no widespread exploitation activity at this time. The vulnerability is real and patchable, but it is not an internet-spray candidate; prioritize it behind any unauthenticated Roundcube bug (such as the pre-auth SQLi and arbitrary file delete fixed in the same release) but ahead of routine hardening. Note: 'low privileges' here per CVSS likely refers to an authenticated mail user, while exploitability further depends on administrative LDAP autovalues configuration - verify your deployment uses templated autovalues before deprioritizing.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with a valid Roundcube mail account on a server whose administrators configured the LDAP address book with autovalues templates crafts contact or address-book input that, when expanded by the autovalues evaluator, yields PHP code; submitting the input through the address book causes the Roundcube backend to evaluate that code, granting arbitrary code execution under the webmail user. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis, but the patch commits themselves reveal the vulnerable evaluation pattern to anyone reviewing the diff.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jun 08, 2026

Code injection in Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP via the LDAP autovalues option, which previously evaluated user-influenced expressions as code. The upstream maintainers removed code evaluation support entirely in the fixed releases. EPSS sits at 0.05% (14th percentile) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the issue is patched and rated CVSS 7.5.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Roundcube Webmail 1.6.16 (for the 1.6.x branch) or 1.7.1 (for the 1.7.x branch), both published 2026-05-24 - these releases remove code evaluation support from the LDAP autovalues option entirely, per commits 6a777d7394b763ce9acfce86c1a521e14a02d862 and ea1798a6fbf060abcc0ba73b2435036bf8016a5a. If immediate upgrade is not possible, audit your LDAP address book configuration and remove or simplify any autovalues entries that rely on templated expressions, accepting the trade-off that derived contact attributes (such as composed display names or computed mail addresses) will need to be sourced directly from LDAP fields instead. As a stronger compensating control, disable LDAP address book integration in config/config.inc.php until patched, which will break enterprise directory lookups for users but eliminates the vulnerable code path. Consult the vendor advisory at https://roundcube.net/news/2026/05/24/security-updates-1.6.16-and-1.7.1 and back up data before upgrading as the release notes explicitly recommend.

Affected VersionsENISA

Webmail 1.7.0 <1.7.1
Webmail 1.6.0 <1.6.16

Affected Packages

euvd webmail fix: 1.6.16, 1.7.1

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Roundcube is a widely deployed PHP-based IMAP webmail client commonly bundled with hosting control panels and Linux distributions (the Suse tag in this record reflects downstream packaging). The vulnerable code path lives in the LDAP address book integration, specifically the autovalues feature used to derive contact attributes from templated expressions. The maintainers' chosen fix - removing code evaluation entirely (commits 6a777d7 and ea1798a) - indicates the legacy implementation passed templated values into a PHP evaluator, fitting CWE-670 (Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation) where a control transfer to interpreted code occurred under conditions that allowed attacker-influenced data to drive execution.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

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

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
May 26, 2026 - 14:01 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1 has insecure code evaluation logic in LDAP the autovalues option that could lead to code injection. (Support for code evaluation has been removed in 1.6.16 and 1.7.1.)

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Roundcube Webmail versions 1.6.x and 1.7.x contain a code injection vulnerability allowing authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code, potentially compromising email systems and sensitive communications. While exploitation requires prior authentication, successful attacks could grant attackers full control of webmail servers. Patches are available and should be applied to all affected instances.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 86% exploitable
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High

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 0.0%
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· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Code Injection CRITICAL

Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.

CVE-2025-49113 CRITICAL POC
9.9 Jun 02

Roundcube Webmail contains a critical PHP object deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2025-49113, CVSS 9.9) that allows au

CVE-2017-16651 HIGH POC
7.8 Nov 09

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CVE-2016-9920 HIGH POC
7.5 Dec 08

steps/mail/sendmail.inc in Roundcube before 1.1.7 and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when no SMTP server is configured and the send

CVE-2015-8770 HIGH POC
7.5 Jan 29

Directory traversal vulnerability in the set_skin function in program/include/rcmail_output_html.php in Roundcube before

CVE-2020-12641 CRITICAL POC
9.8 May 04

rcube_image.php in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in

CVE-2020-12640 CRITICAL POC
9.8 May 04

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CVE-2015-2180 HIGH POC
8.8 Jan 30

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CVE-2024-42009 CRITICAL POC
9.3 Aug 05

A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7 allows a remote attacker to stea

CVE-2015-2181 HIGH POC
8.8 Jan 30

Multiple buffer overflows in the DBMail driver in the Password plugin in Roundcube before 1.1.0 allow remote attackers t

CVE-2017-8114 HIGH POC
8.8 Apr 29

Roundcube Webmail allows arbitrary password resets by authenticated users. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerab

CVE-2026-48842 HIGH POC
8.1 May 25

Pre-authentication SQL injection in Roundcube Webmail's virtuser_query plugin allows unauthenticated remote attackers to

CVE-2018-1000071 HIGH POC
7.5 Mar 13

roundcube version 1.3.4 and earlier contains an Insecure Permissions vulnerability in enigma plugin that can result in e

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed

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