CVE-2022-37042: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on , the same day the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 92.1%
EPSS score, percentile 99.8 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA deadline . Apply updates per vendor instructions.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Not stated. The CVE record gives vendor and product as “n/a” and the version as “unspecified”.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date for this action: .
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://blog.zimbra.com/2022/08/authentication-bypass-in-mailboximportservlet-vulnerability/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37042
Affected products and versions
The CVE record does not name affected products or versions: vendor and product are “n/a” and the version is “unspecified”.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
About this vulnerability
Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in MailboxImportServlet. This vulnerability was chained with CVE-2022-27925 which allows for unauthenticated remote code execution.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of .
- CISA added CVE-2022-37042 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 11 Aug 2022.
- CISA marks it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 1 Sep 2022.
- The CVE record was published on 11 Aug 2022, the same day it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 92.1% (percentile 99.8), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.
Description
Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 has mboximport functionality that receives a ZIP archive and extracts files from it. By bypassing authentication (i.e., not having an authtoken), an attacker can upload arbitrary files to the system, leading to directory traversal and remote code execution. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-27925.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
Weakness
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
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References
More exploited Synacor vulnerabilities
- CVE-2026-73570: Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) OS Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-48700: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-66376: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-7796: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-68645: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) PHP Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-27915: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability