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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2024-36078

In Zammad before 6.3.1, a Ruby gem bundled by Zammad is installed with world-writable file permissions. This allowed a local attacker on the server to modify the gem's files, injecting arbitrary code into Zammad processes (which run with the environment and permissions of the Zammad user).

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3 Nov 2026, 15:31 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2024-36078

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 May 2024, 19:36 UTC

In Zammad before 6.3.1, a Ruby gem bundled by Zammad is installed with world-writable file permissions. This allowed a local attacker on the server to modify the gem's files, injecting arbitrary code into Zammad processes (which run with the environment and permissions of the Zammad user).

osv:CVE-2024-36078
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36078",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "In Zammad before 6.3.1, a Ruby gem bundled by Zammad is installed with world-writable file permissions. This allowed a local attacker on the server to modify the gem's files, injecting arbitrary code into Zammad processes (which run with the environment and permissions of the Zammad user).",
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        }
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:zammad:zammad:6.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.921522079Z",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36078",
        "https://zammad.com/en/advisories/zaa-2024-04"
      ],
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      }
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        "value": "CVE-2024-36078",
        "evidence": "/id"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 496846,
  "published_at": "2024-05-19T19:36:21.613+00:00"
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