XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting dovecot-pgsql package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-DOVECOTPGSQL-15873899
  • published2 Apr 2026
  • disclosed27 Mar 2026

Introduced: 27 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2025-59031  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 dovecot-pgsql.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot-pgsql package and not the dovecot-pgsql package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Dovecot has provided a script to use for attachment to text conversion. This script unsafely handles zip-style attachments. Attacker can use specially crafted OOXML documents to cause unintended files on the system to be indexed and subsequently ending up in FTS indexes. Do not use the provided script, instead, use something else like FTS tika. No publicly available exploits are known.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1