CVE-2026-27858

HIGH

OX Dovecot Pro <2.3.0 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate large amount of memory. Attacker can force managesieve-login to be unavailable by repeatedly crashing the process. Protect access to managesieve protocol, or install fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 6.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (3)
Open-Xchange GmbH/OX Dovecot Pro < 2.3.0
Open-Xchange GmbH/OX Dovecot Pro < 2.4.0
Open-Xchange GmbH/OX Dovecot Pro < 3.1.0
Published Mar 27, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 27, 2026