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CVE-2026-40019

CVE-2026-40019 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.9 MEDIUM

Reported by OX · Published August 28, 2026

An unauthenticated attacker can send a truncated quoted argument to the ManageSieve login process, which makes it spin in an infinite loop consuming CPU. This can cause degradation or denial of service for Sieve script management, and repeated connections can consume all available CPU on the server. Monitor system for abnormal CPU usage and kill the offending process. Restrict network access to the ManageSieve service to trusted clients. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Open-Xchange GmbHOX Dovecot CE2.4.3
Open-Xchange GmbHOX Dovecot CE2.4.3
alpinedovecot0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 28, 2026 CVE Published
  • Aug 28, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Aug 29, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 2, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 2, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Sep 6, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 12, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 16, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 18, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 24, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 26, 2026 EPSS Score

References

  • vendor-advisory
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