Vulnerabilities

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

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

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. 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.

  2. Aug 4, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Aug 25, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. 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

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.