CVE-2026-40016

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
May 12, 2026
Updated
May 12, 2026
Reserved
Apr 8, 2026

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Description

Attacker can upload a malicious Sieve script over ManageSieve service (or locally) to bypass configured CPU time limits for Sieve up to 130 times of the configured limit. Attacker can use this to degrade server performance and bypass configured CPU time limits for Sieve scripts. Install fixed version, or alternatively prevent direct access to Sieve scripts via ManageSieve or local access. No publicly available exploits are known.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HOX

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

ProductVersions
OX Dovecot ProOpen-Xchange GmbH
  • 2.3.0 and earlierAffected

References

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