Usermin through 2.570 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the Read Mail module that allows authenticated users to execute…
CVE-2026-123620
Usermin through 2.570 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the Read Mail module that allows authenticated users to execute commands through unsanitized IMAP folder names. Attackers can create a folder containing shell metacharacters via an external IMAP client, then delete it in Usermin to run commands as their system account, bypassing webmail-only restrictions.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.7 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 6 November 2026
- Last updated
- 9 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/webmin/usermin/issues/142
- https://github.com/webmin/usermin
- https://github.com/webmin/usermin/commit/8a45420282ff04c943f05d9241a3c55afb9bca79
- https://github.com/webmin/usermin/blob/2.570/mailbox/mailbox-lib.pl#L1031-L1040
- https://hackmd.io/@leediay/H144QKY6zl
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/usermin-through-2.570-os-command-injection-via-read-mail-imap-folder-deletion
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