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CVE-2026-33263: Exposure of File Descriptor to Unintended Control Sphere ('File Descriptor Leak') in Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro

0
Medium
Published: 08/28/2026 (08/28/2026, 10:12:12 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Open-Xchange GmbH
Product: OX Dovecot Pro

Description

When mail_max_userip_connections is set (default 10) and reached, submission-login can crash with epoll() panic caused by file descriptor handling issues. If running in high-security mode (default for community releases), only the new submission connection gets terminated. If running in high-performance mode (default for Pro releases), all connections handled by the submission-login process will be terminated. The crashes can cause failure for user to send a message, or it can cause duplicate messages to be sent. If TLS is not used (in the backend server processing the submission), duplicate deliveries cannot happen, because the crash can only happen at AUTH stage. Limit the number of connections handled by single submission-login process. This has a performance impact though. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

CVSS v3.1

Score 4.3medium

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

Affected software

Affected versions
=2.3.0=3.0.0=3.1.02.3.03.0.03.1.0

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
OX
Date Reserved
2026-03-18T10:06:16.573Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a916f87acd9273b49cf91b9

Added to database: 08/28/2026, 11:22:47 UTC

Last updated: 08/28/2026, 15:29:16 UTC

Views: 2

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