Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as customer to External Interface
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DeliveryNavigate to ConfigItem List module
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ExploitSubmit CI query via External Interface
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ExecutionBypass group-level permission enforcement
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ImpactRead unauthorized CMDB configuration item records
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration Default permission hardening
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires all three of the following conditions to be simultaneously true: (1) the attacker holds a valid customer account with access to the OTRS External Interface - confirmed by CVSS PR:L (low-privilege authenticated user); (2) the CMDB module is explicitly enabled in the OTRS instance, which is not the default state; and (3) CustomerGroupSupport is actively configured, also a non-default setting. The absence of either condition two or three fully prevents exploitation. The CVSS UI:R component indicates the attacker must actively navigate to the ConfigItem List and interact with it - passive or automated triggering is not applicable. Exploitation is strictly read-only: no data modification or service disruption is possible (I:N, A:N). Organizations running OTRS without CMDB or without CustomerGroupSupport are unaffected regardless of version. |
| Impact | Overall risk is low. CVSS 3.5 reflects a network-reachable (AV:N), low-complexity (AC:L) issue requiring a low-privilege authenticated session (PR:L) and some user interaction (UI:R), with only partial confidentiality impact (C:L) and zero integrity or availability impact. No EPSS score was included in source data. The absence from CISA KEV and the lack of any reported public exploit code further reduce urgency. Exploitation is structurally gated behind two non-default configuration conditions - CMDB enabled and CustomerGroupSupport active - meaning the vast majority of OTRS deployments that do not use both are not affected. The UI:R signal suggests automated, opportunistic exploitation is not straightforward. The primary realistic risk is insider-adjacent: a legitimately credentialed customer account enumerating asset or infrastructure records beyond their authorized group, potentially exposing sensitive CMDB inventory to unintended parties. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated customer logs into the OTRS External Interface portal on an instance where both CMDB and CustomerGroupSupport are active. By navigating to the ConfigItem List module and submitting CI queries, the customer retrieves configuration item records belonging to groups outside their assigned scope - potentially exposing asset names, IP addresses, service dependencies, or other infrastructure details stored in the CMDB. No public exploit code has been identified; exploitation requires a valid customer credential and manual interaction with the portal. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 01, 2026
Incorrect permission enforcement in OTRS External Interface and ConfigItem List module allows an authenticated customer to query Configuration Item (CI) data beyond their authorized group scope. The flaw is conditional - both the CMDB module and CustomerGroupSupport must be active simultaneously, substantially narrowing the affected population. Rated CVSS 3.5 (Low) with no confirmed active exploitation and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis, this is a scoped information disclosure risk primarily threatening organizations that expose CMDB asset data through the customer portal.
RemediationAI
The vendor-released patch is OTRS 2026.4.X - upgrade to this version or later as the primary remediation, per the advisory at https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2026-04/. Note that organizations running the long-term branches (7.0.X, 8.0.X, 2023.X-2025.X) must assess whether a cross-version upgrade is operationally feasible, as no backport versions are listed. If an immediate upgrade is not viable, disabling the CustomerGroupSupport feature removes the precondition for exploitation, though this trade-off eliminates customer group segmentation functionality. Alternatively, disabling the CMDB module entirely removes the vulnerable attack surface if CI tracking is not operationally required. As an additional compensating control, restricting External Interface access to trusted internal networks or VPN reduces exposure to externally reachable customer accounts, though it does not resolve the underlying permission flaw.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
OTRS (Open Ticket Request System) is an enterprise IT service management and helpdesk platform developed by OTRS AG. The External Interface is the customer-facing web portal, and the ConfigItem List is a component of the optional CMDB (Configuration Management Database) module used to track IT assets, services, and infrastructure as configuration items. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:otrs_ag:otrs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The root cause is CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions), meaning access control checks governing which CI records a customer may query are improperly applied when CustomerGroupSupport is enabled - a feature intended to scope customer visibility to specific organizational groups. The flaw allows the group-level permission boundary to be bypassed through the CI list query path in the External Interface.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (OTRS) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: OTRS
DescriptionCVE.org
An incorrect handling of permissions in OTRS External Interface and the ConfigItem List module allows an authenticated customer to query the system for CI information. Please note that CMDB has to be anabled and CustomerGroupSupport has to be used to be affected.
This issue affects OTRS:
- 7.0.X
- 8.0.X
- 2023.X
- 2024.X
- 2025.X
- 2026.X before 2026.4.X
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
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