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CVE-2026-22200

87
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-22200 is an arbitrary file read vulnerability affecting Enhancesoft osTicket versions 1.18.x prior to 1.18.3 and 1.17.x prior to 1.17.7. A remote attacker can exploit this by submitting a crafted ticket containing PHP filter expressions in rich-text HTML, which are then processed during PDF export to embed server filesystem contents as bitmap images. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, potentially leading to disclosure of sensitive local files. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, Nuclei templates exist for this vulnerability, and it has garnered significant community discussion, though no active exploitation or Metasploit/ExploitDB entries are currently reported.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.17, < 1.17.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:enhancesoft:osticket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.18, < 1.18.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:enhancesoft:osticket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.17.0, < 1.17.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:enhancesoft:osticket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.18.0, < 1.18.3CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:enhancesoft:osticket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.7HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
NONE
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
73.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: osTicket Arbitrary File Read via PHP Filter Chains in mPDF · Jan 13, 2026
Nuclei: CVE-2026-22200 · Jan 22, 2026
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7312 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / osTicket/osTicket/commit/c59b067
Patch
github.com / osTicket/osTicket/releases/tag/v1.17.7
Release Notes
github.com / osTicket/osTicket/releases/tag/v1.18.3
Release Notes
horizon3.ai / attack-research/attack-blogs/ticket-to-shell-exploiting-php-filters-and-cnext-in-osticket-cve-2026-22200
Exploit
vulncheck.com / advisories/osticket-pdf-export-arbitrary-file-read
Third Party Advisory