dovecot: An unauthenticated attacker can send an IMAP ID command with a very large number of parameters before logging in, whi...
CVE-2026-42391 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 unauthenticated attacker can send an IMAP ID command with a very large number of parameters before logging in, which causes memory and CPU usage to grow disproportionately. The login process can be terminated by the out-of-memory handling, which also terminates all other connections handled by the same process. This can cause degradation or denial of service for IMAP logins. Limit the number of connections handled by a single imap-login process. This has a performance impact though. 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-2026-42391 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u7 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42391 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| dovecot · Debian 14 | 1:2.4.5+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42391 | 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 · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| dovecot-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 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 · 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 · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 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 · amzn 2023 | 1:2.3.20-1.amzn2023.0.4 | ALAS2023-2026-3109 | Sep 28, 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 · 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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