Out-of-bounds Read Affecting dovecot package, versions [2.3.0,2.4.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DOVECOT-20078960
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed28 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-40015  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dovecot to version 2.4.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the imap-hibernate process. An attacker can cause the process to crash by sending malformed IMAP commands after establishing multiple authenticated connections, resulting in service interruption for users.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1