Description (CNA)
Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate large amount of memory. Attacker can force managesieve-login to be unavailable by repeatedly crashing the process. Protect access to managesieve protocol, or install fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Open-Xchange GmbH / OX Dovecot Pro | affected 0 through 2.3.0; affected 0 through 3.1.0; affected 0 through 2.4.0 |
CWE
CWE-400
References
- https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0001.json
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
No references supplied.
A flaw was found in dovecot. An unauthenticated and remote attacker can send a crafted message that causes managesieve to allocate an excessive amount of memory, forcing managesieve-login to be unavailable by repeatedly crashing the process, resulting in a denial of service.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27858
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452175
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-27858.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26564
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17602
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13498
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19149
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13830
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19453
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18053
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17630
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17628
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17625
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17626
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13857
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19364