CVE-2026-40020

MEDIUM EPSS 18.6%
Published May 12, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.3 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 12, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Attacker can use the IMAP SETACL command to inject the anyone permission to user's dovecot-acl file even if imap_acl_allow_anyone=no. This causes folders to be spammed to all users. The impact is limited to being able to spam folders to other users, no unexpected access is gained. Install to fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.3
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
18.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-284

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
dovecotdovecot* <2.4.4
open-xchangedovecot* <3.1.5

References 1

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.