CVE-2026-102489
9.8, critical Known exploitedZammad GmbH Zammad Session Fixation Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 1% higher than 69% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild
- Published
- 30 Sept 202617 days ago
Known exploited
CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 2 Oct 2026. US federal agencies had to remediate by 5 Oct 2026, a deadline that has passed.
Required action. Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Description
Zammad versions 6.3.0 to 6.5.4 are vulnerable a session hijack vulnerability that leads to remote code execution as the zammad user. The bug is also present in version 7.0.0 to version 7.1.2, but not exploitable due to changes in the underlying framework.
Details
- Vendor
- Zammad GmbH
- Product
- Zammad
- Weakness
- CWE-384 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Analyzed
- Updated
- 10 Oct 2026
- Assigner
- csirt@divd.nl
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 5
Advisories 4
- community.zammad.org /t/take-care-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2026-102490-is-reported-as-being-actively-exploited/21297/2 (opens in a new tab)
- csirt.divd.nl /CVE-2026-102489 (opens in a new tab)
- csirt.divd.nl /DIVD-2026-00015 (opens in a new tab)
- zammad.com /en/advisories/cve-2026-102489-cve-2026-102490 (opens in a new tab)
The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.
Other Zammad GmbH CVEs
Every Zammad GmbH CVE we holdSame vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.
- CVE-2026-102490 Zammad GmbH Zammad Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability KEV EPSS 0.5% 7.8, high
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.