CVE-2026-67194

MEDIUM

Courier IMAP < 6.0.1 Mail Server < 2.0.2 Stack Overflow DoS via Nested SEARCH Queries

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Courier IMAP before 6.0.1 and Courier Mail Server before 2.0.2 allow authenticated IMAP users to crash the imapd process via deeply nested parenthesized SEARCH queries. The SEARCH command parser (alloc_search_key in searchinfo.C) recursively descends on nested parenthesized groups through a mutual recursion chain with alloc_search_andlist() and alloc_search_notkey(), with no depth limit. Courier IMAP has no overall command line length limit, making exploitation trivial. A single IMAP command with ~2500 nested parentheses overflows the 8MB default stack, causing SIGSEGV.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 22.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (2)
svarshavchik/Courier IMAP < 6.0.1
svarshavchik/Courier Mail Server < 2.0.2
Published Jul 29, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 29, 2026