Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Open-Xchange GmbH / OX Dovecot Pro | affected 2.3.0 before 2.3.22.2; affected 3.0.0 before 3.0.7; affected 3.1.0 before 3.1.6 |
| Open-Xchange GmbH / OX Dovecot CE | affected 2.3.0 before 2.4.5 |
CWE
CWE-200
References
- https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0003.json
ADP enrichment
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