CVE-2022-41352
Published 2022-09-26 · Updated 2026-09-10 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2022-41352 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 20, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by November 10, 2022. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Synacor has 19 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 6 of them linked to ransomware.
All 19 known-exploited Synacor vulnerabilities →Description
An issue was discovered in Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0. An attacker can upload arbitrary files through amavis via a cpio loophole (extraction to /opt/zimbra/jetty/webapps/zimbra/public) that can lead to incorrect access to any other user accounts. Zimbra recommends pax over cpio. Also, pax is in the prerequisites of Zimbra on Ubuntu; however, pax is no longer part of a default Red Hat installation after RHEL 6 (or CentOS 6). Once pax is installed, amavis automatically prefers it over cpio.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Synacor — Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)
Name: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-10-20 · Due: 2022-11-10
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- https://forums.zimbra.org/viewtopic.php?t=71153&p=306532
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/unpatched-rce-bug-in-zimbra-collaboration-suite-exploited-in-wild/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- https://forums.zimbra.org/viewtopic.php?t=71153&p=306532
- https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center

