dovecot: An attacker that has valid credentials can open many connections to the imap-hibernate service and send invalid comma...
CVE-2026-40015 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by SUSE-SU-2026:23595-1, released September 1, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
An attacker that has valid credentials can open many connections to the imap-hibernate service and send invalid commands, which can intermittently cause an out-of-bounds read and crash the process. The crash interrupts hibernated IMAP sessions handled by the affected process, which can cause degradation of service for IMAP. Disable IMAP hibernation. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| dovecot · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40015 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40015 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot · Debian 14 | 1:2.4.5+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40015 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-debugsource · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot23 · sles 15.6 | 2.3.21.1-150200.76.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4139-1 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| dovecot23 · sles 15.7 | 2.3.21.1-150200.76.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4139-1 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| dovecot24 · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 2.4.4-160000.2.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21720-1 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| dovecot24 · sles 16.0 | 2.4.4-160000.2.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23595-1 | Sep 1, 2026 |
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