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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*

History

18 May 2026, 17:22

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*
References () https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0002.jsonĀ - () https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0002.jsonĀ - Issue Tracking
First Time Dovecot
Dovecot dovecot
Open-xchange
Open-xchange dovecot

12 May 2026, 14:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-12 14:17

Updated : 2026-05-18 17:22


NVD link : CVE-2026-42006

Mitre link : CVE-2026-42006

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42006


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Products Affected

dovecot

  • dovecot

open-xchange

  • dovecot
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption