ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006
An attacker can cause uncontrolled memory usage with excessive bracing over IMAP. The fix in CVE-2026-27857 was incomplete, only blocking one way of doing this, so there was still another way left open. In particular, the fix was for closing braces, but you could still use open braces to bypass the limit. Using excessive bracing, attacker can cause memory usage up to configured memory limit. Install fixed version, or configure vsz_limit for imap process to low value. No publicly available exploits are known.
ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006
dovecot
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 2.4.4-r0
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
dovecot
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 2.4.4-r0
Source reference:
/affected/1/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"events": [
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}
]
}
],
"package": {
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"purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source",
"ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.23"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {}
},
{
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.4.4-r0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "dovecot",
"purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source",
"ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.24"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
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