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Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-27858

Type: advisorySources: OSV

* SECURITY UPDATE: managesieve-login pre-auth excessive memory usage DoS via oversized AUTHENTICATE initial response (ELSCVE-158960) - debian/patches/CVE-2026-27858.patch: verify the AUTHENTICATE initial response size is not too large before allocating in pigeonhole/src/managesieve-login/client-authenticate.c. Backport of upstream pigeonhole commit 54f645225a8a; hunk context is this tree's pre-cc1b8988 (unreformatted) layout. - CVE-2026-27858

Products
dovecot-core, dovecot-dev, dovecot-gssapi, dovecot-imapd, dovecot-ldap, dovecot-lmtpd, dovecot-lucene, dovecot-managesieved, dovecot-mysql, dovecot-pgsql, dovecot-pop3d, dovecot-sieve, dovecot-solr, dovecot-sqlite, mail-stack-delivery
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1
CVEs
CVE-2026-27858
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 11:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-27858

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Aug 2026, 02:46 UTC

* SECURITY UPDATE: managesieve-login pre-auth excessive memory usage DoS via oversized AUTHENTICATE initial response (ELSCVE-158960) - debian/patches/CVE-2026-27858.patch: verify the AUTHENTICATE initial response size is not too large before allocating in pigeonhole/src/managesieve-login/client-authenticate.c. Backport of upstream pigeonhole commit 54f645225a8a; hunk context is this tree's pre-cc1b8988 (unreformatted) layout. - CVE-2026-27858

osv:CLSA-2026-1786675596

dovecot-core

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-dev

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-gssapi

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-imapd

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-ldap

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-lmtpd

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-lucene

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-managesieved

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-mysql

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-pgsql

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-pop3d

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-sieve

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-solr

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

dovecot-sqlite

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

mail-stack-delivery

Fixed versions: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14+tuxcare.els1

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "* SECURITY UPDATE: managesieve-login pre-auth excessive memory usage DoS via oversized AUTHENTICATE initial response (ELSCVE-158960) - debian/patches/CVE-2026-27858.patch: verify the AUTHENTICATE initial response size is not too large before allocating in pigeonhole/src/managesieve-login/client-authenticate.c. Backport of upstream pigeonhole commit 54f645225a8a; hunk context is this tree's pre-cc1b8988 (unreformatted) layout. - CVE-2026-27858",
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