High severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-93640
Zimbra Collaboration Suite Local Privilege Escalation via Unrestricted zmunbound Sudo Configuration
New
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the optional dnscache package of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows the Unix zimbra account to access files with root privileges. The passwordless sudo policy permits arbitrary arguments to zmunbound, whose wrapper forwards them to Unbound without restricting the configuration path. An attacker can supply a configuration that retains root privileges and disables the chroot. Include directives expose root-readable file contents through parser errors, while an attacker-selected logfile path creates a root-owned file or appends Unbound log records to an existing file. This can disclose password hashes and private keys and corrupt privileged configuration files, preventing affected services from starting with the modified configuration. The affected configuration is present in ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 dnscache packages.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Collaboration · Zimbra
through 10.1.21 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93640
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93640
wiki.zimbra.com
https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories
www.rapid7.com
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/ve-breaking-zimbra-identity-boundaries-part-1/
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