CVE-2026-70408
Privilege escalation: create admin sub-account in acmailer
Is CVE-2026-70408 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-70408 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-70408?
CVE-2026-70408 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-70408?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-70408, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-70408 affect?
CVE-2026-70408 affects acmailer (mailing list/newsletter software). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-70408?
Restrict/monitor account creation, audit admin accounts, apply vendor patch when available
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated user can create a sub-account with administrative privileges, enabling full admin control, account takeover, and abuse of mail system.
Patch when possible
- affected< 4.1.2
- affected< 1.2.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.