Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-93483

CVE-2026-93483

Znuny Znuny — In Znuny through 7.3.6, an attacker can bypass specific standard login procedures and gain unauthorized access to sensitive system functi…

Description · from the CVE record

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

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Znuny< 6.5.256.5.25CNA
Znuny7.0.0 – < 7.3.77.3.7CNA

Scores by source

mitre (CNA)9.5CVSS: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
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refznuny.org/advisoriesrefznuny.org/en/advisories/zsa-2026-14