CVE-2026-42006

Published May 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4617-1 dovecot security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6313-1 dovecot security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8365-1 Dovecot vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Excessive Bracing in IMAP Causes Uncontrolled Memory Usage
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dovecot
Dovecot dovecot
Open-xchange dovecot
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
Title Excessive Bracing in IMAP Causes Uncontrolled Memory Usage
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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
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.
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
OX
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2026, 12:05 PM
Reserved
Apr 23, 2026, 11:15 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 12, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 6:10 PM