In Znuny through 7.3.6, an attacker can bypass specific standard login procedures and gain unauthorized access to sensitive system functions by manipulating a specific HTTP request header. Because the application incorrectly trusts this header, an attacker can impersonate any user, including administrators, without requiring a password. This grants full access to confidential data and system controls. More specifically, the HTTPBasicAuth modules for the agent (Kernel::System::Auth::HTTPBasicAuth) and customer (Kernel::System::CustomerAuth::HTTPBasicAuth) interfaces read the username to log in not only from $ENV{REMOTE_USER} (set by the web server after successful authentication), but also, as a fallback, from $ENV{HTTP_REMOTE_USER}, which is populated directly from an attacker-controllable "Remote-User" request header. On systems where HTTPBasicAuth was configured as the authentication backend, this allowed an attacker to log in as any existing user by sending a request with a forged Remote-User header, without providing any credentials.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Title Remote‑User HTTP Header Authentication Bypass in Znuny

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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Description In Znuny through 7.3.6, an attacker can bypass specific standard login procedures and gain unauthorized access to sensitive system functions by manipulating a specific HTTP request header. Because the application incorrectly trusts this header, an attacker can impersonate any user, including administrators, without requiring a password. This grants full access to confidential data and system controls. More specifically, the HTTPBasicAuth modules for the agent (Kernel::System::Auth::HTTPBasicAuth) and customer (Kernel::System::CustomerAuth::HTTPBasicAuth) interfaces read the username to log in not only from $ENV{REMOTE_USER} (set by the web server after successful authentication), but also, as a fallback, from $ENV{HTTP_REMOTE_USER}, which is populated directly from an attacker-controllable "Remote-User" request header. On systems where HTTPBasicAuth was configured as the authentication backend, this allowed an attacker to log in as any existing user by sending a request with a forged Remote-User header, without providing any credentials.
First Time appeared Znuny
Znuny znuny
Weaknesses CWE-348
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:znuny:znuny:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Znuny
Znuny znuny
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/AU:Y/R:U/RE:L/U:Red'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-10-15T03:43:10.406Z

Updated: 2026-10-19T18:42:25.087Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T04:33:42.990Z

Link: CVE-2026-93483

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T18:36:35.401Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-15T04:18:30.153

Modified: 2026-10-19T19:18:14.380

Link: CVE-2026-93483

cve-icon Redhat

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