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    CVE-2026-42006

    An attacker can cause uncontrolled memory usage with excessive bracing over IMAP. The fix in CVE-2026-27857 was incomplete, only blocking one way of doing this, so there was still another way left open. In particular, the fix was for closing braces, but you could still use open braces to bypass the limit. Using excessive bracing, attacker can cause memory usage up to configured memory limit. Install fixed version, or configure vsz_limit for imap process to low value. No publicly available exploits are known.

    Published:May 12, 2026
    Last Modified:Aug 14, 2026
    EPS:May 12, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00621
    CVSS Score:4.3

    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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    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