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ALPINE-CVE-2018-14354 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with a manual subscription or unsubscription.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.6	mutt	1.8.3-r0, 1.5.21-r1, 1.8.1-r0
Alpine:v3.7	mutt	1.9.1-r1, 1.8.3-r0, 0
Alpine:v3.5	mutt	1.6.1-r0, 1.4.2.3-r0, 1.4.2.3-r1
Alpine:v3.8	mutt	0, 1.10.0-r0, 1.4.2.3-r0

Timeline

Jul 17, 2018 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-14354 advisory

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