{"id":"CVE-2026-111560","title":"OS Command Injection in Barracuda Appliances","summary":"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 pr…","severity":"high","cvss":8.6,"cvssVector":"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","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-78"],"vendor":"Barracuda Networks","product":"Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG)","affected":["barracuda_email_security_gateway_esg <= 9.4.0.27","barracuda_load_balancer_application_delivery_controller_adc <= 6.4.0","barracuda_web_application_firewall_waf <= 11.0.1","barracuda_web_security_gateway_wsg <= 16.1.100.100","barracuda_message_archiver_bma <= 5.5.4.0","barracuda_waf_control_center_wcc <= 2.2.1"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-11-02T00:00:00+00:00"},"published":"2026-11-02","updated":"2026-11-03","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-03T04:55:20.131Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111560","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2026/MNDT-2026-0041.md"},{"url":"https://trust.barracuda.com/security/pre-authentication-authorization-bypass-command-injection"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00471,"epssPercentile":0.40844,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T19:30:42.893Z","slug":"CVE-2026-111560","body":"## Overview\n\nImproper 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `barracuda_email_security_gateway_esg <= 9.4.0.27`\n- `barracuda_load_balancer_application_delivery_controller_adc <= 6.4.0`\n- `barracuda_web_application_firewall_waf <= 11.0.1`\n- `barracuda_web_security_gateway_wsg <= 16.1.100.100`\n- `barracuda_message_archiver_bma <= 5.5.4.0`\n- `barracuda_waf_control_center_wcc <= 2.2.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":47,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":47.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}