CVE-2026-42008
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
Forwarding information received from a host listed as a trusted proxy is not kept separate from Dovecot's own authentication fields, so a value sent by that host can be injected as an internal authentication field. Any host permitted to act as a trusted proxy can authenticate as any user without knowing that user's password. This affects deployments whose password database honours a field that permits authentication without a password. Deployments that do not configure trusted proxies are not affected. Restrict the list of trusted proxy networks to hosts that are fully under your control. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open-Xchange GmbH | OX Dovecot Pro | 2.3.4 < 2.3.22.2 | affected |
| Open-Xchange GmbH | OX Dovecot Pro | 3.0.0 < 3.0.7 | affected |
| Open-Xchange GmbH | OX Dovecot Pro | 3.1.0 < 3.1.6 | affected |
| Open-Xchange GmbH | OX Dovecot CE | 2.3.4 < 2.4.5 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287: Improper Authentication
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0003.json
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