Vulnerability · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-93483
Critical 9.5
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in Znuny from Znuny. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In Znuny through 7.3.6, an attacker can bypass specific standard login procedures and gain unauthorized access to sensitive system functions by manipulating a specific HTTP request header. Because the application incorrectly trusts this header, an attacker can impersonate any user, including administrators, without requiring a password. This grants full access to confidential data and system controls. More specifically, the HTTPBasicAuth modules for the agent (Kernel::System::Auth::HTTPBasicAuth) and customer (Kernel::System::CustomerAuth::HTTPBasicAuth) interfaces read the username to log in not only from $ENV{REMOTE_USER} (set by the web server after successful authentication), but also, as a fallback, from $ENV{HTTP_REMOTE_USER}, which is populated directly from an attacker-controllable "Remote-User" request header. On systems where HTTPBasicAuth was configured as the authentication backend, this allowed an attacker to log in as any existing user by sending a request with a forged Remote-User header, without providing any credentials.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | znuny | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93483 |
| Debian:13 | znuny | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93483 |
| Debian:14 | znuny | 6.5.25-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93483 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | otrs2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93483 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | znuny | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93483 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | znuny | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93483 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | znuny | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93483 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-348 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/AU:Y/R:U/RE:L/U:Red