Roundcube Webmail Pre-Authentication SQL Injection Actively Exploited in the Wild
Critical vulnerability CVE-2026-48842 affects versions 1.6.x and 1.7.x; patches released

Key Takeaways
- CVE-2026-48842 is a pre-authentication SQL injection in Roundcube Webmail's virtuser_query plugin.
- Affected versions include 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1.
- The vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild according to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
- CVSS score of 8.1 indicates high severity with potential for remote code execution via SQL commands.
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