Koozali - SME Server Improper Input Validation in domain Creation Leads to Denial of Service

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-108121
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerNCSC.ch
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-19 06:17:22 UTC
Updated2026-10-19 21:03:42 UTC
DescriptionBrian Mariani from DigitalCanion SA has discovered a  vulnerability in the domain creation functionality of koozali's SME Server version 11.0rc1-215, allowing an attacker with high privileges to inject reserved Apache configuration directives, corrupting httpd.conf and preventing Apache from starting after a server reboot, resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition affecting the web server and its hosted virtual hosts.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 6.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-96 | CWE-400 | CWE-20 CWE-20 Improper input validation | CWE-96 CWE-96 Improper neutralization of directives in statically saved code ('static code injection') | CWE-400 CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary6.9MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:H/E:P/C...
4.0CNACVSS6.9MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:H/E:P/S...

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Passive
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
Low
Sub Availability
High

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Koozali SME Server affected 11.0rc1-215 Linux

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
digitalcanion.com/en/security-research [email protected] digitalcanion.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Brian Mariani from DigitalCanion SA (en)

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