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Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Local privilege escalation in Zammad v1.5.0 to v7.2.2 installed via DEB or RPM package

CVE-2026-102490

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Zammad packages built with packager.io (DEB and RPM) could have allowed a local attacker who already had file system write privileges as the unprivileged zammad service account to escalate to full root privileges on the host. Service processes began running as root and executed files that were owned and writable by the zammad account before dropping their identity to that account. An attacker holding that foothold could have escalated within seconds, because the affected services were restarted automatically whenever they stopped; no administrator interaction was required. Only installations from the DEB and RPM packages were affected — installations from source or the official container images were not. All released packaged versions were affected.

CISA KEV SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
8.5
HIGH
EPSS Probability:0.58%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269 ↗CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
Zammad GmbH Zammad 1.5.0 < 7.2.2 (affected), * < 1.5.0 (unknown), 7.2.2 < * (unaffected)

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
ACTIVE IN CATALOG
EPSS Score
0.579%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityDutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD) · Researcher · Netherlands
Reserved2026-09-29T09:46:12
Published2026-09-30T16:21:20
Patch Date2026-09-29
Last Updated2026-10-08T19:55:53

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