Vulnerability · CVE-2022-27924
Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Command Injection Vulnerability
Published Apr 20, 2022 · catalog updated Oct 2, 2026 · Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)
Patch now
CVE-2022-27924 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 25, 2022. Confirm Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 93.91%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe synacor/zimbra collaboration suite · vendor Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)
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.
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- cpe synacor/zimbra collaboration suite8.8.15
- vendor Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)version unspecified
How to fix CVE-2022-27924
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Aug 25, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2022-27924 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 25, 2022. Confirm Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with synacor/zimbra collaboration suite 8.8.15. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-74: Injection; CWE-93. EPSS 93.91%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 20, 2022 · Catalog
Detected
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.
Aug 4, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Aug 25, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Oct 2, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-27924
Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows an attacker to inject memcache commands into a targeted instance which causes an overwrite of arbitrary cached entries.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-27924
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-27924
30-day exploitation probability 93.9%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-27924
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.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-27924
Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows an attacker to inject memcache commands into a targeted instance which causes an overwrite of arbitrary cached entries.
vulncheck.com
References
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · assets.sentinelone.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
- Vendor Advisory · wiki.zimbra.com
- Release Notes · wiki.zimbra.com
- CISA note · wiki.zimbra.com
- Vendor Advisory · wiki.zimbra.com
- US Government Resource · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.