CVE-2026-50057

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) MTA package allows the Unix zimbra account to execute arbitrary commands as root. The installed sudo policy permits passwordless root execution of Postfix administration commands without restricting their arguments. An attacker can select a zimbra-controlled daemon_directory in the Postfix configuration and invoke postfix set-permissions, causing Postfix to execute the attacker's post-install program as root. The Postfix configuration directory is also writable by zimbra, so restricting postconf alone does not remove the execution path. Exploitation requires local command execution as zimbra on an MTA node. ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 are affected.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/ve-breaking-zimbra-identity-boundaries-part-1/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

23 Oct 2026, 14:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-23 14:17

Updated : 2026-10-29 11:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-50057

Mitre link : CVE-2026-50057

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-50057

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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