---
id: CVE-2026-50056
title: >-
  Zimbra Collaboration Suite Local Privilege Escalation via zmmailboxdmgr JVM
  Argument Injection
summary: >-
  A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the zmmailboxdmgr launcher of
  Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows the Unix zimbra account to execute
  arbitrary commands as root. The passwordless sudo interface accepts JVM
  arguments that…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-88
vendor: Zimbra
product: Zimbra Collaboration Suite
affected:
  - collaboration_suite <= 10.1.21
published: '2026-10-23'
updated: '2026-10-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-23T13:30:43.654Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50056'
references:
  - url: 'https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories'
  - url: >-
      https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/ve-breaking-zimbra-identity-boundaries-part-1/
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-23T14:28:08.707Z'
---

## Overview

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the zmmailboxdmgr launcher of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) allows the Unix zimbra account to execute arbitrary commands as root. The passwordless sudo interface accepts JVM arguments that are not adequately restricted. An attacker can postpone Jetty's privilege drop, register an OnOutOfMemoryError command and force heap exhaustion during startup, causing the command to execute while the JVM still runs as root. Exploitation requires local command execution as zimbra on a mailbox server and interrupts mailboxd during the malicious restart. ZCS 10.1.16 and 10.1.21 are affected.

## Affected

- `collaboration_suite <= 10.1.21`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.