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dovecot: Fix of 4 CVEs
Type: advisorySources: OSV
- CVE-2026-40020: imap-acl: reject CR/LF injection in SETACL identifier - CVE-2026-42006: lib-imap: fix list_count_limit to actually limit '(' (incomplete fix for CVE-2026-27857) - CVE-2026-33603: login-common: reject non-base64 SASL responses to prevent SCRAM channel binding bypass - CVE-2026-40016: lib-sieve: enforce sieve_max_cpu_time inside :contains/:matches matcher loops
- Products
- dovecot, dovecot-devel, dovecot-mysql, dovecot-pgsql, dovecot-pigeonhole
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:2.3.16-15.el9.tuxcare.els3
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-27857, CVE-2026-33603, CVE-2026-40016, CVE-2026-40020, CVE-2026-42006
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- CVE-2026-40020: imap-acl: reject CR/LF injection in SETACL identifier - CVE-2026-42006: lib-imap: fix list_count_limit to actually limit '(' (incomplete fix for CVE-2026-27857) - CVE-2026-33603: login-common: reject non-base64 SASL responses to prevent SCRAM channel binding bypass - CVE-2026-40016: lib-sieve: enforce sieve_max_cpu_time inside :contains/:matches matcher loops
osv:CLSA-2026-1781096989
dovecot
Fixed versions: 1:2.3.16-15.el9.tuxcare.els3
dovecot-devel
Fixed versions: 1:2.3.16-15.el9.tuxcare.els3
dovecot-mysql
Fixed versions: 1:2.3.16-15.el9.tuxcare.els3
dovecot-pgsql
Fixed versions: 1:2.3.16-15.el9.tuxcare.els3
dovecot-pigeonhole
Fixed versions: 1:2.3.16-15.el9.tuxcare.els3
Complete source record
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"title": "dovecot: Fix of 4 CVEs",
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"modified": "2026-10-26T09:43:47.538102985Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"CVE-2026-33603",
"CVE-2026-40016",
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"references": [
"https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/tuxcare9.6esu/CLSA-2026-1781096989.html",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33603",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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