What is CVE-2026-27859?

CVE-2026-27859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dovecot, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-27859?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Dovecot

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…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.000 (10.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Dovecot
Open-xchange Dovecot
Open-xchange Gmbh Ox Dovecot Pro — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

security@open-xchange.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-27859?: CVE-2026-27859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dovecot, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-27859?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.