CVE-2025-59028

dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service via invalid SASL data

Published Mar 27, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
When sending invalid base64 SASL data, login process is disconnected from the auth server, causing all active authentication sessions to fail. Invalid BASE64 data can be used to DoS a vulnerable server to break concurrent logins. Install fixed version or disable concurrency in login processes (heavy perfomance penalty on large deployments). No publicly available exploits are known.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8136-1 Dovecot vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dovecot
Dovecot dovecot
Open-xchange dovecot
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Dovecot
Dovecot dovecot
Open-xchange dovecot
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Open-xchange
Open-xchange ox Dovecot Pro
Vendors & Products Open-xchange
Open-xchange ox Dovecot Pro
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Denial of Service via Invalid Base64 SASL in OX Dovecot Pro dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service via invalid SASL data
Weaknesses CWE-1286
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Denial of Service via Invalid Base64 SASL in OX Dovecot Pro
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description When sending invalid base64 SASL data, login process is disconnected from the auth server, causing all active authentication sessions to fail. Invalid BASE64 data can be used to DoS a vulnerable server to break concurrent logins. Install fixed version or disable concurrency in login processes (heavy perfomance penalty on large deployments). No publicly available exploits are known.
Weaknesses CWE-20
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
OX
Published
Updated
Mar 27, 2026, 7:43 PM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2025, 2:22 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 27, 2026, 9:16 AM
Modified
Oct 7, 2026, 9:10 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 27, 2026, 8:10 AM