Exim · Exim · CVE-2026-48840
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Exim versions 4.88 through 4.99.3
**Description**
In certain proxy configurations where `SUPPORT PROXY` is enabled, the PROXY protocol parser mishandles short payloads before SMTP authentication. This leads to a pre-authentication information disclosure where uninitialized stack memory values, specifically 16 bytes containing live userspace virtual address (VA) pointers, are leaked to the client within the IPv6 address information of the SMTP Hello header. This leak can be used as a primitive to defeat Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), potentially facilitating the exploitation of other vulnerabilities by revealing the memory layout.
**Recommendations**
Update Exim to version 4.99.4.
As a temporary mitigation, disable the `SUPPORT PROXY` option or restrict the use of the PROXY protocol if not required.