# CVE-2026-27442: zip_attachments Path Traversal

> An attacker can access arbitrary files on the SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway via path traversal in attachment filenames.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA: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:** 4 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rm39-837c-v934

## What is CVE-2026-27442?

CVE-2026-27442 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway, published on 4 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The GINA web interface in SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway before version 15.0.1 does not properly check attachment filenames in GINA-encrypted emails, allowing an attacker to access files on the gateway.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-27442?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Seppmail Seppmail.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-27442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-27442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-27442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-27442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway

- [CVE-2026-2743](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2743/): SEPPmail User Web Interface Arbitrary File Write to RCE (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-27441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27441/): PDF Password CMDi (critical 9.5)
- [CVE-2026-27443](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27443/): S/MIME Decryption Tag Sanitization Bypass (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2026-27444](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27444/): Header Email Address Parsing (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-2748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2748/): S/MIME Certificate Subject Whitespace (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-27442 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-27442 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway, published on 4 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-27442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway. 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-2026-27442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27442/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27442

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27442/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.