CVE-2026-27852 Affecting dovecot23-backend-pgsql package, versions <2.3.21.1-150200.76.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-DOVECOT23BACKENDPGSQL-20255236
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2026

Introduced: 14 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-27852  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 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:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

An attacker that can send mail to a user can craft a message whose headers contain a very large number of email addresses or MIME parameters, which causes excessive memory usage when the message is later parsed. The message is still delivered, but reading it over IMAP can exhaust the memory limit of the process and terminate it, causing denial of service for the affected user. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1