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CVE-2026-34718· NVD / CVE Program· CNA GitHub_M

Zammad improperly neutralizes of script-related HTML tags in ticket articles

Zammad is a web based open source helpdesk/customer support system. Prior to 7.0.1 and 6.5.4, the HTML sanitizer for ticket articles was missing proper sanitization of data: ... URI schemes, resulting in storing such malicious content in the database of the Zammad instance. The Zammad GUI is rendering this content, due to applied CSP rules no harm was done by e.g., clicking such a link. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.1 and 6.5.4.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 8, 2026
Updated
Jul 24, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 15th percentile
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
5.3
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
zammadzammad

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • zammad zammadbefore 6.5.4
  • zammad zammad7.0.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • zammad zammad

    • < 6.5.4, >= 7.0.0-alpha, < 7.0.1affected

Same product

zammad: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-42090An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-42094An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2022-48021A vulnerability in Zammad v5.3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via a crafted message sent to the server.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2022-35490Zammad 5.2.0 is vulnerable to privilege escalation.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2020-26030An issue was discovered in Zammad before 3.4.1.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2017-6080An issue was discovered in Zammad before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.3, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1, caused by lack of a protection mechanism involvi
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
zammad zammad7.0.1 · descriptionVendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-63216170 days apartZammad: Stored XSS via unescaped option labels in the object attribute options context UI
    21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
P
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-80 · Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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