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Moderate: fetchmail security update

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections. Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the Internet (POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all IMAPs, ESMTP ETRN, IPv6, and IPSEC) for retrieval. Then Fetchmail forwards the mail through SMTP so the user can read it through their favorite mail client. Security Fix(es): * fetchmail: fetchmail: stack-based buffer overflow in NTLM authentication (fetchmail-SA-2026-01) (CVE-2026-94184) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Products
fetchmail
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0:6.4.38-3.el10_2.1
CVEs
CVE-2026-94184
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 16:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Moderate: fetchmail security update

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Oct 2026, 00:08 UTC

Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections. Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the Internet (POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all IMAPs, ESMTP ETRN, IPv6, and IPSEC) for retrieval. Then Fetchmail forwards the mail through SMTP so the user can read it through their favorite mail client. Security Fix(es): * fetchmail: fetchmail: stack-based buffer overflow in NTLM authentication (fetchmail-SA-2026-01) (CVE-2026-94184) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

osv:RLSA-2026:85959

fetchmail

Fixed versions: 0:6.4.38-3.el10_2.1

Complete source record
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  "id": "572edba91808e38f613ed62fbd605d42d1f6ba219b76e361441bd089f0f0cbea",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2026%3A85959",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Moderate: fetchmail security update",
    "summary": "Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections. Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the Internet (POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all IMAPs, ESMTP ETRN, IPv6, and IPSEC) for retrieval. Then Fetchmail forwards the mail through SMTP so the user can read it through their favorite mail client. Security Fix(es): * fetchmail: fetchmail: stack-based buffer overflow in NTLM authentication (fetchmail-SA-2026-01) (CVE-2026-94184) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
    "evidence": "osv:RLSA-2026:85959",
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          "value": "fetchmail",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
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      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
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      "affected": [
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              }
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "fetchmail",
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            "ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:10"
          },
          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T00:30:04.394336612Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:85959",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2537395",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85959"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
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      }
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 401170,
  "published_at": "2026-10-22T00:08:23.571327+00:00"
}