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Origin Validation Error in hMailServer

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

Missing Host header validation and missing throttling of failed administrator sign-ins in the REST API listener of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.0.0 through 6.3.5 allow a remote attacker to brute-force the server administrator's password through the administrator's own browser by DNS rebinding. The listener, which is off by default and bound to the loopback when enabled, answered requests whatever their Host header named, and a failed sign-in with the administrator's password from the loopback was neither auto-banned nor delayed. A web page whose host name the attacker rebinds to 127.0.0.1, opened in a browser on the server, can therefore send authenticated requests to the listener, read the answers and try administrator passwords at full speed until one is accepted, giving the attacker full administrative control of the mail server.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-104659

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-104659

hMailServer

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

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[
  {
    "repo": "https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver",
    "vendor": "Progressive Robot Ltd",
    "product": "hMailServer",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "6.0.0",
        "lessThan": "6.3.6",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-104659

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Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#12543 · Revision 1
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