Medium
mailcow ipixel flood attack leads to Denial of Service in admin page
Type: advisorySources: OSV
mailcow is a dockerized email package, with multiple containers linked in one bridged network. The application is vulnerable to pixel flood attack, once the payload has been successfully uploaded in the logo the application goes slow and doesn't respond in the admin page. It is tested on the versions 2023-12a and prior and patched in version 2024-01.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2024-23824
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 00:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
mailcow ipixel flood attack leads to Denial of Service in admin page
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 2 Feb 2024, 15:18 UTC
mailcow is a dockerized email package, with multiple containers linked in one bridged network. The application is vulnerable to pixel flood attack, once the payload has been successfully uploaded in the logo the application goes slow and doesn't respond in the admin page. It is tested on the versions 2023-12a and prior and patched in version 2024-01.
osv:CVE-2024-23824
Complete source record
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