CVE-2026-42008

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-42008
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerOX
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-28 12:16:29 UTC
Updated2026-08-28 20:17:30 UTC
DescriptionForwarding 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-287 | CWE-287 Improper Authentication

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.1CNACVSS4.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro affected 2.3.4 2.3.22.2 semver Not specified
CNA Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro affected 3.0.0 3.0.7 semver Not specified
CNA Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro affected 3.1.0 3.1.6 semver Not specified
CNA Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot CE affected 2.3.4 2.4.5 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0003.json [email protected] documentation.open-xchange.com
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