Resource exhaustion in Open-Xchange Gmbh Ox Dovecot Ce

CVE-2026-40019

An unauthenticated attacker can send a truncated quoted argument to the ManageSieve login process, which makes it spin in an infinite loop consuming CPU. This can cause degradation or denial of service for Sieve script management, and repeated connections can consume all available CPU on the server. Monitor system for abnormal CPU usage and kill the offending process. Restrict network access to the ManageSieve service to trusted clients. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40019?
CVE-2026-40019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Gmbh Ox Dovecot Ce, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-40019?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.