CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-27859
A mail message containing excessive amount of RFC 2231 MIME parameters causes LMTP to use too much CPU. A suitably formatted mail message causes mail delivery process to consume large amounts of CPU time. Use MTA capabilities to limit RFC 2231 MIME parameters in mail messages, or upgrade to fixed version where the processing is limited. No publicly available exploits are known.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["core"],"product":"OX Dovecot Pro","vendor":"Open-Xchange GmbH","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.0.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.1.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.4.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d8d89c68f53f337a472c5d6eca64f54057eb68ecd60c66c943765f8efe9d2e69 · sha256:bfd275ceffb3c0fe… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d8d89c68f53f337a472c5d6eca64f54057eb68ecd60c66c943765f8efe9d2e69 · sha256:bfd275ceffb3c0fe… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-400","description":"Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","lang":"en","type":"cwe"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d8d89c68f53f337a472c5d6eca64f54057eb68ecd60c66c943765f8efe9d2e69 · sha256:bfd275ceffb3c0fe… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0001.json"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d8d89c68f53f337a472c5d6eca64f54057eb68ecd60c66c943765f8efe9d2e69 · sha256:bfd275ceffb3c0fe… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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