CVE-2022-27924
Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject...
Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary memcache commands into a targeted instance. These memcache commands becomes unescaped, causing an overwrite of arbitrary cached entries.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary memcache commands into a targeted instance. These memcache commands becomes unescaped, causing an overwrite of arbitrary cached entries.
- Record
CVE-2022-27924- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
9.8
Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary memcache commands into a targeted instance. These memcache commands becomes unescaped, causing an overwrite of arbitrary cached entries.
- Record
CVE-2022-27924- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-32412
9.8
Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary memcache commands into a targeted instance. These memcache commands becomes unescaped, causing an overwrite of arbitrary cached entries.
- Record
EUVD-2022-32412- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-763p-5rx7-r4qf
7.5
Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject...
Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary memcache commands into a targeted instance. These memcache commands becomes unescaped, causing an overwrite of arbitrary cached entries.
- Record
GHSA-763p-5rx7-r4qf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-74, CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Command Injection Vulnerability
Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows an attacker to inject memcache commands into a targeted instance which causes an overwrite of arbitrary cached entries.
- Record
CVE-2022-27924- Weakness
- CWE-93
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.8
Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary memcache commands into a targeted instance. These memcache commands becomes unescaped, causing an overwrite of arbitrary cached entries.
- Record
CVE-2022-27924- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Zimbra Collaboration Suite - Memcached Command Injection |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Nuclei, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-27924 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (zcs), published April 20, 2022. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since August 4, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since August 4, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 93.9%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories
wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center
wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Releases/9.0.0/P24
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-27924
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27924
github.com/advisories/GHSA-763p-5rx7-r4qf
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/27xxx/CVE-2022-27924.json