Unsafe Dependency Resolution Affecting exim/exim package, versions [4.88,4.99.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EXIMEXIM-18306544
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed24 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-66141  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-829  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade exim/exim to version 4.99.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unsafe Dependency Resolution via mishandling of the force_command process for a pipe transport. An attacker can gain elevated privileges by exploiting improper handling of command execution.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1