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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-32056

Cyrus IMAP before 3.2.7, and 3.3.x and 3.4.x before 3.4.1, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions on server annotations and consequently cause replication to stall.

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CVE-2021-32056
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1 Nov 2026, 08:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-32056

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 May 2021, 14:15 UTC

Cyrus IMAP before 3.2.7, and 3.3.x and 3.4.x before 3.4.1, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions on server annotations and consequently cause replication to stall.

osv:CVE-2021-32056
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32056",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-32056",
    "summary": "Cyrus IMAP before 3.2.7, and 3.3.x and 3.4.x before 3.4.1, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions on server annotations and consequently cause replication to stall.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-32056",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
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              "type": "GIT",
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            "cyrus-imapd-3.2.0-beta2",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.2.0-beta1",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.2.0-beta0",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.1.9",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.1.8",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.1.7",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.1.6",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.1.5",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.1.4",
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            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta3",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta2",
            "cyrus-imapd-3.0.0-beta1",
            "posttab",
            "pretab",
            "cyrus-imapd-2.5-snapshot-autoconf-and-automake",
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:02.177067156Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HEO3RURJW6NLIXS7NK5PVU6MGHC4SCM/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJZB45QBUN7CZFGOWCZYUYACNBTX7LVS/",
        "https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/announce/T056901c106ecfce3/cyrus-imap-3-4-1-released",
        "https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/announce/T126392718bc29d6b/cyrus-imap-3-2-7-released",
        "https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.2/x/3.2.7.html",
        "https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.4/x/3.4.1.html"
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-32056",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439966,
  "published_at": "2021-05-10T14:15:07.577+00:00"
}