CVE-2026-27851

Summary

When safe filter is used with variable expansion, all following pipelines on the same string are incorrectly interpreted as safe too, enabling unsafe data to be unescaped. This can enable SQL / LDAP injection attacks when used in authentication. Avoid using safe filter until on fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Open-Xchange GmbHOX Dovecot Pro0 <= 3.1.4affected
Open-Xchange GmbHOX Dovecot Pro0 <= 2.4.3affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-235: Improper Handling of Extra Parameters

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

dovecot: Dovecot: SQL/LDAP injection via incorrect safe filter interpretation with variable expansion

Additional References

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