CVE-2026-42006

Name
CVE-2026-42006
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
security@open-xchange.com https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0002.json

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* dovecot >= None < 2.4.4
cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:* dovecot >= None < 3.1.5

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
dovecot edge-main 2.4.3-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.3-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.2-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.2-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.2-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.1-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.1-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.1-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.1-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.0-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.4.0-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.21.1-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.19.1-r6 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.19.1-r5 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.15-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.13-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.11.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.10.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.9.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.9.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.7.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.6-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.5.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.4.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot edge-main 2.3.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.23-main 2.4.3-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.23-main 2.4.3-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.23-main 2.4.2-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.4.1-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.21.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.19.1-r5 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.15-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.13-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.11.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.10.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.9.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.9.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.7.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.6-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.5.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.4.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.22-main 2.3.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.21.1-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.19.1-r5 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.15-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.13-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.11.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.10.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.9.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.9.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.7.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.6-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.5.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.4.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.21-main 2.3.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.21.1-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.19.1-r5 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.15-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.13-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.11.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.10.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.9.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.9.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.7.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.6-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.5.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.4.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.20-main 2.3.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.21-r17 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.19.1-r5 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.15-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.13-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.11.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.10.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.9.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.9.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.7.2-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.6-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.5.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.4.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
dovecot 3.19-main 2.3.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable