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CVE-2026-42006

30
FAUCET Score

An attacker can cause uncontrolled memory usage with excessive bracing over IMAP. The fix in CVE-2026-27857 was incomplete, only blocking one way of doing this, so there was still another way left open. In particular, the fix was for closing braces, but you could still use open braces to bypass the limit. Using excessive bracing, attacker can cause memory usage up to configured memory limit. Install fixed version, or configure vsz_limit for imap process to low value. No publicly available exploits are known.

First published: May 12, 2026Last modified: May 12, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0058 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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 (4)

ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: dovecot (jammy)Fixed in: 1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.9
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: dovecot (noble)Fixed in: 1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2ubuntu6.5
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: dovecot (questing)Fixed in: 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-5ubuntu4.2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: dovecot (resolute)Fixed in: 1:2.4.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

ubuntuUSN-8365-1

Dovecot vulnerabilities

Jun 2, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:41905
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:41988
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:42091
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:44355
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:44357
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:44373
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-42006
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.access.redhat.com / data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42006.json
documentation.open-xchange.com / dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0002.json
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