CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-40020

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2026-05-12 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-05-12
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
3.1 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Description

Attacker can use the IMAP SETACL command to inject the anyone permission to user's dovecot-acl file even if imap_acl_allow_anyone=no. This causes folders to be spammed to all users. The impact is limited to being able to spam folders to other users, no unexpected access is gained. Install to fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Affected configurations

• dovecot dovecot (< 2.4.4) • open-xchange dovecot (< 3.1.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References