CVE-2026-73209

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-73209
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerOX
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-28 12:16:31 UTC
Updated2026-09-03 18:13:44 UTC
DescriptionAn attacker that has valid credentials can send crafted compressed data that causes the affected process to exhaust its stack and crash. The affected process is terminated, which can cause degradation or denial of service for IMAP. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.003210000 probability, percentile 0.245660000 (date 2026-09-03)

Problem Types: CWE-674 | CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1CNACVSS6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro affected 2.3.0 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 2.3.0 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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