ID :ISA-2026-097
High alertActiveCVSS 8.9/10IservicesCSIRT

Remote code execution affecting Zimbra Collaboration

Executive Summary

A vulnerability affecting Zimbra Collaboration would allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands remotely on affected systems.

Published on September 3, 2026 at 01:00 AM by Iservices Csirt13 views

Description

Technical context and vulnerability details

cPanel & WHM is a web hosting management platform providing centralized interfaces for server administration and site hosting. Zimbra Collaboration is an email solution and collaboration platform that helps manage emails, calendars and contacts. This product is affected by a vulnerability labeled CVE-2026-73570 resulting from insufficient sanitization of untrusted inputs when processing SNMP notifications. Exploitation of this vulnerability would allow an unauthenticated attacker to send specially crafted SMTP requests that could result in arbitrary commands being executed on the operating system as the Zimbra user. It is classified as high with a severity score of 8.9 according to CVSS v3.1.

Potential Risks & Impact

Potential consequences upon exploitation

  • Remote Arbitrary Code Execution;
  • Compromise of system integrity;

Affected systems

Products, components and targeted versions

  • This vulnerability only affects installations for which the optional zimbra-snmp package is installed and SNMP notifications are enabled, and affects versions of Zimbra Collaboration prior to 10.1.20;

Recommended Remediations & Actions

Immediate actions and recommended mitigations

  • Disable zimbra-snmp package if SNMP notifications are not used;
  • Update Zimbra Collaboration to version 10.1.20 or later;

Advisory Specifications

ISA-2026-097
CVSS scoreHIGH
8.9/ 10.0
0.0 (Low)5.0 (Med)10.0 (Crit)
PriorityHigh
StatusActive
Typesecurite
Published onSeptember 3, 2026 at 01:00 AM
OrigineIservicesCSIRT
Audience13 views

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