Koha Eval Code Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-19780
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerzdi
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-15 17:17:11 UTC
Updated2026-09-22 18:17:12 UTC
DescriptionKoha Eval Code Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Koha. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the web service, which listens on TCP port 8081 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before passing it to the eval function. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-29165.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.009570000 probability, percentile 0.599680000 (date 2026-09-23)

Problem Types: CWE-95 | CWE-95 CWE-95: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0CNACVSS8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Koha Koha affected 25.12.00 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-616 [email protected] www.zerodayinitiative.com
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