CVE-2026-50054: Zimbra Collaboration Suite GrantRightsRequest SOAP Handler Allows Self-Granting of Undocumented loginAs Mailbox Delegation Right
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Zimbra Zimbra Collaboration Suite 10.1.20.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Zimbra Zimbra Collaboration Suite 10.1.20 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
An authorization flaw in Zimbra Collaboration Suite’s GrantRightsRequest allows an attacker with access to an authenticated account to grant another local account the loginAs right, creating persistent mailbox access and mail-sending authority that survives password changes and session expiry.
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 6th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-269
Report tools
Action score
28
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · rapid7
- 7.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (rapid7). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Zimbra Zimbra Collaboration Suite
- before 10.1.20affected · semver
Same product
zimbra: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2015-7610Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the login form in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (aka ZCS) before 8.6.0 Patch 10, 8.7.x…35Monitor
- CVE-2026-93639Zimbra Collaboration Suite Missing Authorization in ConfigureZimlet Enables Delegated Administrator Privilege Escalation34Monitor
- CVE-2026-10632Zimbra Collaboration Suite Classic Web Client Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Document Editor Packages Parameter34Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2018-10939May 30, 2018 · Zimbra Web Client (ZWC) in Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.8 before 8.8.8.Patch4 and 8.7 before 8.7.11.Patch4 has Persistent XSS via a contact…24Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-10631Oct 8, 2026 · Zimbra Collaboration Suite EWS Extension Authorization Bypass via Crafted Composite Folder/Item Identifier26Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-50055Oct 8, 2026 · Zimbra Collaboration Suite Sieve Notify Filter Action Bypasses Mail Forwarding Restriction via Variable Expansion26Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Zimbra Zimbra Collaboration Suite | 10.1.20 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 13, 2026+36 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1281 · Oct 9, 2026(Zimbra Collaboration Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege ManagementCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Root cause
To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-269 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
kind: ClusterRole
rules:
- apiGroups: ["*"]
resources: ["*"]
verbs: ["*"]Fixed
kind: Role
metadata:
namespace: lodos-system
rules:
- apiGroups: ["apps"]
resources: ["deployments"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
- SSVC exploitation— → none
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.