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Barracuda discloses two flaws that could be chained for root access

CRITICAL · VULNERABILITYBarracudaredteam/daily · 1 source

Severity: Critical
Highest CVSS: 9.3
Exploited: Not known
Sources: 1

What happened

Barracuda has reported two security weaknesses in its products. Used together, they could let an attacker get past access controls and take full control of a affected device.

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What to do

Check the full Barracuda advisory to see whether your products are affected by CVE-2026-116606.
Apply any vendor fix or mitigation the advisory recommends for affected products.

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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-116606CVSS 9.3An authentication bypass in Barracuda Email Security Gateway versions earlier than 9.4.0.030 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to invoke a configuration-import function and restore a crafted, compatible backup archive, resulting in unauthorized modification of the appliance’s global configur

Full story timeline · 2 updates

Mon 2 November13:17CVE-2026-116606 published, CVSS 9.3NVD
Tue 3 November15:59Barracuda Flaws Could Be Chained to Bypass Authorization and Gain Root AccessThe Hacker News

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