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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-42006
Name
CVE-2026-42006
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
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.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
dovecot
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


4.3
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.3.21.1
Exploitable
buildroot
master
2.3.21.1
Exploitable
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.3.21-r1
Exploitable
yocto
kirkstone
2.3.14
Exploitable
yocto
master
2.4.4
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.3.21.1
Exploitable