CVE-2026-42006
MEDIUMOX Dovecot Pro < 3.0.5, < 3.1.4, < 2.4.3 - Unauthenticated Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via IMAP Bracing
Title source: llmDescription
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
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0002.json
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