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    CVE-2026-40203

    When IMAP compression is enabled, the same compression state is reused across responses in a session, so response sizes depend on both attacker-supplied mail and other mail in the same mailbox. An attacker that can send mail to a user and can also observe the sizes of that user's IMAP traffic can confirm whether the body of a small message matches a guessed text. Recovery of arbitrary unknown content was not demonstrated, but the attack can disclose whether a secret-like message body matches a candidate. Disable IMAP compression. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

    Published:Aug 28, 2026
    Last Modified:Sep 1, 2026
    EPS:Aug 28, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00219
    CVSS Score:3.7

    Affected Products

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

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High