CVE-2026-52687
An attacker that has valid credentials can select a compression algorithm for the IMAP connection whose decompression state requires a large amount of memory, and open several such connections. The memory limit of the process is reached with only a few connections, terminating the process and all connections it handles, which can cause degradation or denial of service for IMAP. Disable IMAP compression. Alternatively limit the number of connections handled by a single imap-login process, though this has a performance impact. 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:0.00321
CVSS Score:6.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Open-xchange
Product
Ox Dovecot Ce
Open-xchange
Ox Dovecot Ce
Vendor
Open-xchange
Product
Ox Dovecot Pro
Open-xchange
Ox Dovecot Pro
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
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
