5.4
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-78359
Duplicate Identity / Identity Shadowing across CustomerUser backends
Description

OTRS does not sufficiently enforce the uniqueness of customer user identities across multiple configured CustomerUser backends. When multiple backends, such as a database and LDAP, are configured, the uniqueness check for customer user email addresses is performed only within the selected backend. As a result, an authenticated user with permission to create or modify customer users may create a customer user whose email address is already assigned to a customer user in another backend. This can result in multiple customer user records representing the same communication identity. Depending on the affected workflow and backend resolution, customer-related information or email communication may subsequently be associated with or exposed to the wrong customer user. The vulnerability does not allow unauthenticated users to create customer accounts. Exploitation requires permissions to create or modify customer users. 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

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 12, 2026, 7:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 12, 2026, 7:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 2e1bf29f-dc29-4ed8-830c-7b9348b6f0e8
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update OTRS to a patched version to enforce unique customer user identities across backends.
  • Update OTRS to version 2026.7 or later.
  • Verify customer user identity uniqueness.
  • Review and correct existing duplicate entries.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2026-16/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description OTRS does not sufficiently enforce the uniqueness of customer user identities across multiple configured CustomerUser backends. When multiple backends, such as a database and LDAP, are configured, the uniqueness check for customer user email addresses is performed only within the selected backend. As a result, an authenticated user with permission to create or modify customer users may create a customer user whose email address is already assigned to a customer user in another backend. This can result in multiple customer user records representing the same communication identity. Depending on the affected workflow and backend resolution, customer-related information or email communication may subsequently be associated with or exposed to the wrong customer user. The vulnerability does not allow unauthenticated users to create customer accounts. Exploitation requires permissions to create or modify customer users. 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
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-694
    Added CWE CWE-706
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/78xxx/CVE-2026-78359.json">CVE-2026-78359</a>
    Added Reference https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2026-16/
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