dovecot: An attacker that has valid credentials can use a Sieve script with the editheader extension to trigger a use-after-fr...
CVE-2026-42007 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2026:79371, released August 28, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
An attacker that has valid credentials can use a Sieve script with the editheader extension to trigger a use-after-free in the mail editing code, and to write memory contents beyond the intended buffer into the delivered mail. This causes memory leak and opportunity to do memory corruption during mail delivery, which can crash the delivery process and may allow execution of arbitrary code in the context of that process. Disable the Sieve editheader extension. 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-2026-42007 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42007 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot · Debian 14 | 1:2.4.5+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42007 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot · RHEL 10 | 2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | RHSA-2026:79371 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| dovecot · RHEL 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot · RHEL 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | RHSA-2026:80825 | Oct 13, 2026 |
| dovecot · almalinux 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ALSA-2026:79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot · almalinux 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot · almalinux 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ALSA-2026:80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot · ol 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ELSA-2026-79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot · ol 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot · ol 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ELSA-2026-80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot · rocky 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | RLSA-2026:79371 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot · rocky 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | RLSA-2026:76763 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| dovecot · rocky 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | RLSA-2026:80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot-debugsource · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · RHEL 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · RHEL 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | RHSA-2026:80825 | Oct 13, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · almalinux 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ALSA-2026:79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · almalinux 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · almalinux 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ALSA-2026:80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · ol 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ELSA-2026-79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · ol 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-devel · ol 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ELSA-2026-80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · RHEL 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · RHEL 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | RHSA-2026:80825 | Oct 13, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · almalinux 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ALSA-2026:79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · almalinux 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · almalinux 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ALSA-2026:80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · ol 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ELSA-2026-79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · ol 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql · ol 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ELSA-2026-80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-mysql-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · RHEL 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · RHEL 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | RHSA-2026:80825 | Oct 13, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · almalinux 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ALSA-2026:79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · almalinux 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · almalinux 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ALSA-2026:80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · ol 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ELSA-2026-79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · ol 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql · ol 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ELSA-2026-80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-pgsql-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · RHEL 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · RHEL 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | RHSA-2026:80825 | Oct 13, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · almalinux 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ALSA-2026:79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · almalinux 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · almalinux 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ALSA-2026:80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · ol 10 | 1:2.3.21-19.el10_2.8 | ELSA-2026-79371 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · ol 8 | 1:2.3.16-16.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-76763 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole · ol 9 | 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8 | ELSA-2026-80825 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:2.4.5-1.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-E8A6485109 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 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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