CVE-2026-42006

MEDIUM

OX Dovecot Pro < 3.0.5, < 3.1.4, < 2.4.3 - Unauthenticated Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via IMAP Bracing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (5)
dovecot/dovecot < 2.4.4
open-xchange/dovecot < 3.1.5
Open-Xchange GmbH/OX Dovecot Pro < 2.4.3
Open-Xchange GmbH/OX Dovecot Pro < 3.0.5
Open-Xchange GmbH/OX Dovecot Pro < 3.1.4
Published May 12, 2026
Tracked Since May 12, 2026