Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-84465

zammad zammad

Zammad: S/MIME signature verification allows forged sender impersonation

CVSS 4.0
7.1High

Official description

Zammad is a web based open source helpdesk/customer support system. Prior to 7.1.2, when Zammad checks the digital signature on an incoming S/MIME-signed email, it does not verify that the signing certificate is genuinely trusted, it only checks whether a certificate with a matching name is already stored in the system. An attacker can create their own certificate using the name of a real, previously trusted sender and use it to send a forged email. Zammad will display that email with the same "validly signed" indicator as a genuine message from the real sender, even though the attacker never had access to that sender's actual certificate or private key. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.2.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.1High 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
zammad zammad < 7.1.2 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-09-25
Last updated
2026-09-29
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
GitHub_M

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.12%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
2.1%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-290
    Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
  • CWE-295
    Improper Certificate Validation
  • CWE-347
    Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature