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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47084

An issue was discovered in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP through 3.12.2. The LOCALDELETE command bypassed ACL checks. An authenticated but non-admin user could invoke the admin-only LOCALDELETE IMAP command and delete mailboxes for which they had no permissions.

Products
cyrus-imapd
Affected versions
2.5.10-3build1, 2.5.10-3build2, 2.5.10-3ubuntu1, 2.5.10-3ubuntu1.1, 2.5.10-3ubuntu1.1+esm1, 3.0.11-1, 3.0.11-1build1, 3.0.12-1, 3.0.12-2, 3.0.12-2ubuntu2, 3.0.12-2ubuntu3, 3.0.13-2ubuntu1, 3.0.13-3ubuntu1, 3.0.13-4ubuntu1, 3.0.13-5, 3.0.13-5ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.0.13-5ubuntu0.1~esm2, 3.10.2-1, 3.12.1-2, 3.12.1-2build1, 3.12.1-3, 3.12.2-1, 3.12.2-1build1, 3.12.3-3build1, 3.2.6-2build1, 3.4.2-2, 3.4.2-2build1, 3.4.3-2, 3.4.3-3, 3.4.3-3build2, 3.4.3-3ubuntu0.1, 3.4.3-3ubuntu0.1+esm1, 3.4.3-3ubuntu0.3, 3.4.3-3ubuntu0.3+esm1, 3.8.0-5, 3.8.1-1, 3.8.1-1build1, 3.8.1-1build2, 3.8.1-3, 3.8.1-3build3, 3.8.2-1, 3.8.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.8.2-1ubuntu0.2, 3.8.2-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-47084
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 00:36 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47084

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Jul 2026, 19:16 UTC

An issue was discovered in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP through 3.12.2. The LOCALDELETE command bypassed ACL checks. An authenticated but non-admin user could invoke the admin-only LOCALDELETE IMAP command and delete mailboxes for which they had no permissions.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47084

cyrus-imapd

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cyrus-imapd

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cyrus-imapd

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cyrus-imapd

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cyrus-imapd

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cyrus-imapd

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Complete source record
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2026-07-16T19:16:00+00:00"
}