CVE-2026-27859

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-27859
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerOX
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-27 09:16:20 UTC
Updated2026-03-30 13:26:29 UTC
DescriptionA mail message containing excessive amount of RFC 2231 MIME parameters causes LMTP to use too much CPU. A suitably formatted mail message causes mail delivery process to consume large amounts of CPU time. Use MTA capabilities to limit RFC 2231 MIME parameters in mail messages, or upgrade to fixed version where the processing is limited. No publicly available exploits are known.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS: 0.000390000 probability, percentile 0.116790000 (date 2026-04-01)

Problem Types: CWE-400 | CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
3.1CNACVSS5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro affected 3.0.2 semver Not specified
CNA Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro affected 3.1.0 semver Not specified
CNA Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro affected 2.4.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0001.json [email protected] documentation.open-xchange.com
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