PT-2026-83050 · Dovecot · Dovecot
CVE-2026-27852
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Published
2026-08-28
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Updated
2026-09-02
CVSS v3.1
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
dovecot versions prior to 2.4.5-1.1
Description
An attacker can send a crafted email with headers containing an excessive number of email addresses or MIME parameters. When the message is parsed via IMAP, it leads to excessive memory consumption, which can exhaust the process memory limit and terminate it, resulting in a denial of service for the affected user.
Recommendations
Update to version 2.4.5-1.1.
Fix
DoS
Resource Exhaustion
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Dovecot