Resource exhaustion in Open-Xchange Gmbh Ox Dovecot Ce
CVE-2026-42391
An unauthenticated attacker can send an IMAP ID command with a very large number of parameters before logging in, which causes memory and CPU usage to grow disproportionately. The login process can be terminated by the out-of-memory handling, which also terminates all other connections handled by the same process. This can cause degradation or denial of service for IMAP logins. Limit the number of connections handled by a single imap-login process. This has a performance impact though. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@open-xchange.com (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-42391?
- CVE-2026-42391 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Gmbh Ox Dovecot Ce, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-28.
- How severe is CVE-2026-42391?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.