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An unauthenticated attacker can send an IMAP ID command with a very large number of parameters before logging in, which causes memory and CPU usage… (CVE-2026-42391)

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High
Published: 08/28/2026 (08/28/2026, 12:30:25 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database

Description

An unauthenticated attacker can send an IMAP ID command with a very large number of parameters before logging in, which causes memory and CPU usage to grow disproportionately. The login process can be terminated by the out-of-memory handling, which also terminates all other connections handled by the same process. This can cause degradation or denial of service for IMAP logins. Limit the number of connections handled by a single imap-login process. This has a performance impact though. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

CVSS v3.1

Score 7.5high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
GHSA-7597-pg24-8mv9
Osv Schema Version
1.4.0
Aliases
["CVE-2026-42391"]
Ecosystems
[]
Database Specific Severity
HIGH
Cvss Version
3.1

Threat ID: 6a91a7b9acd9273b49065085

Added to database: 08/28/2026, 15:22:33 UTC

Last updated: 08/28/2026, 15:22:33 UTC

Views: 1

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