VDB
CVE-2026-27852
CVE-2026-27852
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Reported by OX · Published August 28, 2026
An attacker that can send mail to a user can craft a message whose headers contain a very large number of email addresses or MIME parameters, which causes excessive memory usage when the message is later parsed. The message is still delivered, but reading it over IMAP can exhaust the memory limit of the process and terminate it, causing denial of service for the affected user. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Open-Xchange GmbH | OX Dovecot Pro | 2.3.0, 3.0.0, 3.1.0 |
| Open-Xchange GmbH | OX Dovecot CE | 2.3.0 |
| alpine | dovecot | 0, 0, 0 |
| Open-Xchange GmbH | OX Dovecot Pro | 2.3.0, 3.0.0, 3.1.0 |
| Open-Xchange GmbH | OX Dovecot CE | 2.3.0 |
Timeline
- Aug 28, 2026 CVE Published
- Aug 28, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
- Aug 29, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 31, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 2, 2026 Security Advisory
- Sep 4, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 12, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 16, 2026 EPSS Score
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- Sep 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 26, 2026 EPSS Score