CVSS 4.0
8.6 highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCVE-2026-111560
High (8.6). EPSS 0.5% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
Improper neutralization of shell metacharacters in the timezone configuration field in certain Barracuda appliance products using common Barracuda code allows an authenticated administrator to inject OS commands that execute with root privileges when the crafted timezone value is subsequently processed.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 41st percentile. Scored 2026-11-04. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total, assessed 2026-11-02. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection)
- OWASP Top 10
- A05:2025 Injection
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Barracuda Networks Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) | through 9.4.0.27 |
| Barracuda Networks Barracuda Load Balancer Application Delivery Controller (ADC) | through 6.4.0 |
| Barracuda Networks Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) | through 11.0.1 |
| Barracuda Networks Barracuda Web Security Gateway (WSG) | through 16.1.100.100 |
| Barracuda Networks Barracuda Message Archiver (BMA) | through 5.5.4.0 |
| Barracuda Networks Barracuda WAF Control Center (WCC) | through 2.2.1 |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-6 Argument Injection Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-15 Command Delimiters Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
- CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Likelihood: Low · Severity: Very High
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