Information disclosure in Open-Xchange Gmbh Ox Dovecot Ce
CVE-2026-40203
When IMAP compression is enabled, the same compression state is reused across responses in a session, so response sizes depend on both attacker-supplied mail and other mail in the same mailbox. An attacker that can send mail to a user and can also observe the sizes of that user's IMAP traffic can confirm whether the body of a small message matches a guessed text. Recovery of arbitrary unknown content was not demonstrated, but the attack can disclose whether a secret-like message body matches a candidate. Disable IMAP compression. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@open-xchange.com (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-40203?
- CVE-2026-40203 is a low-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Gmbh Ox Dovecot Ce, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2026-08-28.
- How severe is CVE-2026-40203?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.