CVE-2026-53804

High

Description

OTRS Community Edition contains an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability in the PGP encryption module that allows administrators to execute arbitrary operating-system commands by supplying crafted values for the PGP binary path and command options. Administrator-supplied configuration values are concatenated without sanitization into a shell command, enabling arbitrary command execution as the web server process user during normal ticket operations after the malicious configuration is deployed.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductOTRS Community Edition
PublishedAug 20, 2026
First seenAug 20, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Centuran Consulting OTRS Community Editionv ≤ 6.0.41—

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