Description
Several administrative actions do not sufficiently validate whether a request was intentionally initiated by the authenticated user. In particular, the DBUpdateLogCleanUp action can be triggered through a GET request without validating a ChallengeToken. An unauthenticated remote attacker can therefore cause the browser of an authenticated administrator to execute the cleanup action by embedding a crafted request in a malicious web page. Successful exploitation can delete existing DBUpdate log entries. This may reduce the availability of diagnostic and historical information used for troubleshooting and auditing. The impact is limited to DBUpdate log entries that exist at the time the forged request is processed.

Additional administrative endpoints were identified that do not validate a ChallengeToken. Some of these endpoints can trigger administrative actions such as deploying or synchronizing already existing configuration. They do not allow an attacker to introduce arbitrary new configuration through the CSRF request itself. 

Export and read-only endpoints were also identified without ChallengeToken validation. While these endpoints may be triggered through a forged cross-site request, the response content remains subject to the browser's same-origin restrictions and is not automatically exposed to the attacker. Therefore, no direct confidentiality impact has been demonstrated for these endpoints.

This issue affects OTRS:

* 7.0.X
* 8.0.X
* 2023.X
* 2024.X
* 2025.X
* 2026.X before 2026.7.X

Please note that ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.x and before are vulnerable. Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected
Published: 2026-10-12
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: CSRF that deletes DBUpdate diagnostic logs
Action: Apply patch
AI Analysis

Impact

AT Several administrative endpoints in OTRS do not validate a ChallengeToken. The DBUpdateLogCleanUp operation can be triggered via a simple GET request, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause the browser of a logged‑in administrator to delete existing DBUpdate log entries. This loss reduces the availability of diagnostic and audit history and can be leveraged against any other administrative endpoints that lack token validation, potentially allowing deployment of pre‑existing configurations. The vulnerability is a classic CSRF attack (CWE‑352). No direct confidentiality impact has been demonstrated for exported or read‑only endpoints because the browser’s same‑origin policy prevents the attacker from capturing response data.

Affected Systems

The flaw affects OTRS GmbH products, including the Community Edition and the standard OTRS installation. Vulnerable from version 7.0.X through 2026.X prior to 2026.7.X. Community Edition 6.x and earlier are included. Products derived from the Community Edition are also likely affected.

Risk and Exploitability

With a CVSS score of 4.3, the vulnerability is considered moderate. The EPSS score is not available, and the issue is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog, indicating no current public exploitation evidence. The attack requires the victim to be an authenticated administrator whose browser is tricked into visiting a malicious web page that issues an unauthenticated GET request to the vulnerable endpoint. Successful exploitation results in deletion of existing DBUpdate logs, which impacts system diagnostics but does not grant arbitrary code execution or direct data leakage.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 12, 2026 at 08:23 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to latest version of OTRS (2026.7.1. or later). Please note that there will be no OTRS 7 patches


OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update OTRS to version 2026.7.1 or later; no patch exists for the 7 series
  • If immediate updating is not possible, enforce a web‑application firewall rule or reverse‑proxy check to block or require a POST method and ChallengeToken for all administrative URLs
  • Configure monitoring to alert on unexpected deletions of DBUpdate log entries and restrict access to administrative endpoints to trusted IP ranges

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 12, 2026 at 08:23 UTC.

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Several administrative actions do not sufficiently validate whether a request was intentionally initiated by the authenticated user. In particular, the DBUpdateLogCleanUp action can be triggered through a GET request without validating a ChallengeToken. An unauthenticated remote attacker can therefore cause the browser of an authenticated administrator to execute the cleanup action by embedding a crafted request in a malicious web page. Successful exploitation can delete existing DBUpdate log entries. This may reduce the availability of diagnostic and historical information used for troubleshooting and auditing. The impact is limited to DBUpdate log entries that exist at the time the forged request is processed. Additional administrative endpoints were identified that do not validate a ChallengeToken. Some of these endpoints can trigger administrative actions such as deploying or synchronizing already existing configuration. They do not allow an attacker to introduce arbitrary new configuration through the CSRF request itself.  Export and read-only endpoints were also identified without ChallengeToken validation. While these endpoints may be triggered through a forged cross-site request, the response content remains subject to the browser's same-origin restrictions and is not automatically exposed to the attacker. Therefore, no direct confidentiality impact has been demonstrated for these endpoints. This issue affects OTRS: * 7.0.X * 8.0.X * 2023.X * 2024.X * 2025.X * 2026.X before 2026.7.X Please note that ((OTRS)) Community Edition 6.x and before are vulnerable. Products based on the ((OTRS)) Community Edition also very likely to be affected
Title Cross-Site Request Forgery in Administrative Actions
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OTRS

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-12T06:49:18.716Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T11:29:41.427Z

Link: CVE-2026-78358

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-12T07:16:37.277

Modified: 2026-10-12T07:16:37.277

Link: CVE-2026-78358

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-12T08:30:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-352

    Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)