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    CVE-2026-27859

    A mail message containing excessive amount of RFC 2231 MIME parameters causes LMTP to use too much CPU. A suitably formatted mail message causes mail delivery process to consume large amounts of CPU time. Use MTA capabilities to limit RFC 2231 MIME parameters in mail messages, or upgrade to fixed version where the processing is limited. No publicly available exploits are known.

    Published:Mar 27, 2026
    Last Modified:Apr 30, 2026
    EPS:Mar 27, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00018
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Dovecot
    Product
    Dovecot
    Vendor
    Open-xchange
    Product
    Dovecot
    Vendor
    Open-xchange
    Product
    Ox Dovecot Pro

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High