CVE-2026-27857

EUVD-2026-16567
Sending "NOOP (((...)))" command with 4000 parenthesis open+close results in ~1MB extra memory usage. Longer commands will result in client disconnection. This 1 MB can be left allocated for longer time periods by not sending the command ending LF. So attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections. Attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections. Install fixed version, there is no other remediation. No publicly available exploits are known.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
4.3 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
dovecotdovecot
𝑥
< 2.4.3
open-xchangedovecot
𝑥
< 2.3.22.1
open-xchangedovecot
3.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.0.5
open-xchangedovecot
3.1.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.1.4
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
dovecot
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u4
fixed
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u3
fixed
forky
1:2.4.3+dfsg1-2
fixed
sid
1:2.4.3+dfsg1-2
fixed
trixie
vulnerable
trixie (security)
1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u4
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
dovecot
bionic
not-affected
focal
needed
jammy
Fixed 1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.7
released
noble
Fixed 1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2ubuntu6.3
released
questing
Fixed 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-5ubuntu4.1
released
resolute
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
openSUSE logo
openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
dovecot22
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
2.2.31-19.32.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
2.2.31-19.32.1
fixed
dovecot22-backend-mysql
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
2.2.31-19.32.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
2.2.31-19.32.1
fixed
dovecot22-backend-pgsql
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
2.2.31-19.32.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
2.2.31-19.32.1
fixed
dovecot22-backend-sqlite
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
2.2.31-19.32.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
2.2.31-19.32.1
fixed
dovecot22-devel
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
2.2.31-19.32.1
fixed
Red Hat logo
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Releases
Red Hat Product
Release
dovecot
RHEL 8
1:2.3.16-7.el8_10
fixed
RHEL 9
1:2.3.16-15.el9_7.1
fixed
dovecot-devel
RHEL 8
1:2.3.16-7.el8_10
fixed
RHEL 9
1:2.3.16-15.el9_7.1
fixed
dovecot-mysql
RHEL 8
1:2.3.16-7.el8_10
fixed
RHEL 9
1:2.3.16-15.el9_7.1
fixed
dovecot-pgsql
RHEL 8
1:2.3.16-7.el8_10
fixed
RHEL 9
1:2.3.16-15.el9_7.1
fixed
dovecot-pigeonhole
RHEL 8
1:2.3.16-7.el8_10
fixed
RHEL 9
1:2.3.16-15.el9_7.1
fixed