Unauthenticated code execution via cpio path traversal
Published Sep 26, 2022 · Updated Sep 10, 2026
Path traversal in Zimbra Collaboration 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows remote attackers to execute code by emailing a crafted archive. Amavis falls back to cpio when pax is absent, and cpio follows traversal paths in attachment entries to write a JSP beneath the public Jetty web root. Exploitation is unauthenticated but requires a server without pax; successful writes expose a web shell and the server's mail data.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Zimbra Collaboration 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows remote attackers to execute code by emailing a crafted archive. Amavis falls back to cpio when pax is absent, and cpio follows traversal paths in attachment entries to write a JSP beneath the public Jetty web root. Exploitation is unauthenticated but requires a server without pax; successful writes expose a web shell and the server's mail data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-41352
- Published
- Sep 26, 2022
- Updated
- Sep 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 26, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 20, 2022Exploitation reportedCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog listing
- Sep 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Metasploit TAR Path Traversal in Zimbra moduleweaponized · demonstrated
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Reported exploitation
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog listingknown exploited catalog
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