CVE-2019-18928

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    CVE-2019-18928

    Published: 15 Nov 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cyrus IMAP 2.5.x before 2.5.14 and 3.x before 3.0.12 allows privilege escalation because an HTTP request may be interpreted in the authentication context of an unrelated previous request that arrived over the same connection.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LAGKPZDXQ6KRUGQVRAO6N4PCINP6KS5F/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PHV3TUU53WCKJ3BBRK2EHAF44MSZEFK6/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00013.html, https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/2.5/x/2.5.14.html, https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.12.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 5549888feb02784120b7ef0c8a26390b83125108
    Fixed -8bec158a9339eb6b9c4812b8339cb4d442e543ac

    Affected versions

    cyrus-imapd-3.0.11
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.10
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.9
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.8
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.7
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.6
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.5
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.4
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.3
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.2
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.1
    cyrus-imapd-3.0.0

    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
    CVE-2019-18928 | CVE-DB