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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-42090

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. The Form functionality allows remote code execution because deserialization is mishandled.

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CVE-2021-42090
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1 Nov 2026, 05:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-42090

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Oct 2021, 21:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. The Form functionality allows remote code execution because deserialization is mishandled.

osv:CVE-2021-42090
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42090",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. The Form functionality allows remote code execution because deserialization is mishandled.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-42090",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "96ba50d55588388c4668b1f64df99fd392709fdb"
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:zammad:zammad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          ],
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:33.098508142Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://zammad.com/en/advisories/zaa-2021-14"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-42090",
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433181,
  "published_at": "2021-10-07T21:15:07.673+00:00"
}