CVE-2026-53804 PUBLISHED

OTRS Community Edition OS Command Injection via PGP Configuration

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 10.06.2026 Published: 20.08.2026 Updated: 21.08.2026

OTRS Community Edition contains an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability in the PGP encryption module that allows administrators to execute arbitrary operating-system commands by supplying crafted values for the PGP binary path and command options. Administrator-supplied configuration values are concatenated without sanitization into a shell command, enabling arbitrary command execution as the web server process user during normal ticket operations after the malicious configuration is deployed.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.6

Product Status

Vendor Centuran Consulting
Product OTRS Community Edition
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 6.0.41 (incl.)

Credits

  • h00die-gr3y finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') CWE