Barracuda Application Delivery Controller Timezone Configuration os command injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Barracuda Application Delivery Controller, Email Security Gateway, Load Balancer, Message Archiver, WAF Control Center, Web Application Firewall and Web Security Gateway. This affects an unknown part of the component Timezone Configuration. The manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-111560. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Barracuda Application Delivery Controller, Email Security Gateway, Load Balancer, Message Archiver, WAF Control Center, Web Application Firewall and Web Security Gateway. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Timezone Configuration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper neutralization of shell metacharacters in the timezone configuration field in certain Barracuda appliance products using common Barracuda code allows an authenticated administrator to inject OS commands that execute with root privileges when the crafted timezone value is subsequently processed.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-111560 since 10/16/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/02/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• Barracuda

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• Application Delivery Controller
• Email Security Gateway
• Load Balancer
• Message Archiver
• WAF Control Center
• Web Application Firewall
• Web Security Gateway

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.barracuda.com/

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