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CVE-2026-67194: svarshavchik Courier IMAP · Uncontrolled Recursion

Affects svarshavchik Courier IMAPSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High : upgrade to 6.0.1 soon.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 05:11 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 45% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.0.1, 2.0.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Courier to 6.0.1 (IMAP) or 2.0.2 (Mail Server).

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
svarshavchikCourier IMAPAffected
  • <6.0.1
Fixed in–
svarshavchikCourier Mail ServerAffected
  • <2.0.2
Fixed in–
GitHubCourier IMAPpkg:github/Courier IMAPOther threatsAffected
  • <6.0.1
Fixed in
  • 6.0.1
GitHubCourier Mail Serverpkg:github/Courier Mail ServerOther threatsAffected
  • <2.0.2
Fixed in
  • 2.0.2

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, restrict authenticated user capabilities where possible and monitor for unusual SEARCH command usage patterns.

Description

Courier IMAP before 6.0.1 and Courier Mail Server before 2.0.2 allow authenticated IMAP users to crash the imapd process via deeply nested parenthesized SEARCH queries. The SEARCH command parser (alloc_search_key in searchinfo.C) recursively descends on nested parenthesized groups through a mutual recursion chain with alloc_search_andlist() and alloc_search_notkey(), with no depth limit. Courier IMAP has no overall command line length limit, making exploitation trivial. A single IMAP command with ~2500 nested parentheses overflows the 8MB default stack, causing SIGSEGV.

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