CVE-2026-33263 Affecting dovecot23-backend-pgsql package, versions <2.3.21.1-150200.76.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-DOVECOT23BACKENDPGSQL-20255481
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2026

Introduced: 14 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-33263  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 dovecot23-backend-pgsql to version 2.3.21.1-150200.76.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot23-backend-pgsql package and not the dovecot23-backend-pgsql package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

When mail_max_userip_connections is set (default 10) and reached, submission-login can crash with epoll() panic caused by file descriptor handling issues. If running in high-security mode (default for community releases), only the new submission connection gets terminated. If running in high-performance mode (default for Pro releases), all connections handled by the submission-login process will be terminated. The crashes can cause failure for user to send a message, or it can cause duplicate messages to be sent. If TLS is not used (in the backend server processing the submission), duplicate deliveries cannot happen, because the crash can only happen at AUTH stage. Limit the number of connections handled by single submission-login process. This has a performance impact though. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1