CVE-2026-73208

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-73208
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerOX
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-28 12:16:31 UTC
Updated2026-08-28 20:19:45 UTC
DescriptionAn attacker that holds a token intended for a different purpose can authenticate, because when an OAuth2 token response does not contain a scope claim, the audience claim is used in its place and checked against the configured required scopes. These are different concepts, and the audience claim does not describe what a token is allowed to do. A token that grants no relevant permissions can be accepted because its intended recipient value happens to match a configured scope name, granting access that should have been denied. It also hides an identity provider misconfiguration where scopes are not being issued at all. Ensure the identity provider issues a scope claim for all tokens used with Dovecot, and that configured scope names do not match audience values. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.4 HIGH from [email protected]

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

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

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1CNACVSS7.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro affected 2.3.13 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 2.3.13 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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