CVE-2026-42008
Forwarding information received from a host listed as a trusted proxy is not kept separate from Dovecot's own authentication fields, so a…
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Description
Forwarding information received from a host listed as a trusted proxy is not kept separate from Dovecot's own authentication fields, so a value sent by that host can be injected as an internal authentication field. Any host permitted to act as a trusted proxy can authenticate as any user without knowing that user's password. This affects deployments whose password database honours a field that permits authentication without a password. Deployments that do not configure trusted proxies are not affected. Restrict the list of trusted proxy networks to hosts that are fully under your control. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| OXCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Open-Xchange GmbH · OX Dovecot Pro
- affected 2.3.4 – < 2.3.22.2
- affected 3.0.0 – < 3.0.7
- affected 3.1.0 – < 3.1.6
Open-Xchange GmbH · OX Dovecot CE
- affected 2.3.4 – < 2.4.5
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Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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