# CVE-2022-40817: Missing authorization in n/a

> Agents can modify read-only tickets by adding links or tags, bypassing intended permission restrictions in Zammad.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 21 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h8xg-c9f9-hpm2

## What is CVE-2022-40817?

CVE-2022-40817 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Zammad Zammad, published on 27 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Zammad 5.2.1 has a fine-grained permission model that allows to configure read-only access to tickets. However, agents were still wrongly able to perform some operations on such tickets, like adding and removing links, tags. and related answers. This issue has been fixed in 5.2.2.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40817?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zammad Zammad.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-40817?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40817 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-40817 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40817 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zammad Zammad

- [CVE-2026-102489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102489/): Zammad GmbH Zammad Session Fixation (high 8.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-102490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-102490/): Zammad GmbH Zammad Improper Privilege Management (high 8.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-48021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48021/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-35490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35490/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-42090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42090/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-40817 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-40817 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Zammad Zammad, published on 27 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40817 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zammad Zammad. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40817/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40817/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40817
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40817
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40817

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40817/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.