---
title: "CVE-2026-102490: Zammad - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Zammad all versions contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows the local zammad user to escalate privileges to root, exploit requires local access as zammad user."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-102490/
---

# CVE-2026-102490 Zammad - Privilege Escalation

Zammad all versions contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows the local zammad user to escalate privileges to root, exploit requires local access as zammad user.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Exploited in the wild

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.55% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102490)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

30 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version when available.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102490](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102490)
- [https://csirt.divd.nl/cases/DIVD-2026-00015/](https://csirt.divd.nl/cases/DIVD-2026-00015/)
- [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zammad-share-7511092586393010176-RkCb/](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zammad-share-7511092586393010176-RkCb/)
- [https://csirt.divd.nl/CVE-2026-102490](https://csirt.divd.nl/CVE-2026-102490)
- [https://csirt.divd.nl/DIVD-2026-00015](https://csirt.divd.nl/DIVD-2026-00015)
- [https://community.zammad.org/t/take-care-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2026-102490-is-reported-as-being-actively-exploited/21297/2](https://community.zammad.org/t/take-care-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2026-102490-is-reported-as-being-actively-exploited/21297/2)
- [https://zammad.com/en/advisories/cve-2026-102489-cve-2026-102490](https://zammad.com/en/advisories/cve-2026-102489-cve-2026-102490)
- [https://github.com/zammad/zammad/security/advisories/GHSA-p97w-927q-8vxq](https://github.com/zammad/zammad/security/advisories/GHSA-p97w-927q-8vxq)
- [https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field\_cve=CVE-2026-102490](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-102490)
- [https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2026-90081](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2026-90081)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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