Security Advisory

ZAA-2022-05

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Security Advisory Details

  • ID: ZAA-2022-05
  • Date: 07/05/2022
  • Title: Denial Of Service
  • Severity: high
  • Product: Zammad 5.2.x
  • Fixed in: Zammad 5.2.1
  • References:
    --> CVE-2022-35488

Vulnerability Descriptions

Denial Of Service

An attacker could manipulate the rate limiting in the 'forgot password' feature of Zammad, and thereby send many requests for a known account to cause Denial Of Service by many generated emails which would also spam the victim.

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This vulnerability is fixed in the latest versions of Zammad and it is recommended to upgrade to one of these.

Fixed releases can be found at:

Or just update your Zammad if installed via OS package manager.

Additional information

Online version of this advisory: https://zammad.com/en/advisories/zaa-2022-05

Send all remarks on security issues to security@zammad.com.

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