CVE-2026-104658
Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision in hMailServer
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 2, 2026
Description
The Linux live-update apply helper (hmailserver-update) of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.3.4 and 6.3.5 runs as root on a request file written by the unprivileged hmailserver service account, and took from that request the program used to verify an AppImage update's signature and the systemd unit to stop before reading the service account's files. An attacker who already runs code as the hmailserver service account, for example through another flaw in the mail server, can therefore have arbitrary code executed as root, on any Linux installation where the live update's path unit is active - the default for the project's .deb and .rpm packages - and on AppImage installations run under that unit.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-807 Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
hMailServerProgressive Robot Ltd |
|
References
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