CVE-2026-42008Forwarding information received from a host listed as a trusted proxy is not kept separate from Dovecot's own authentication fields, so a value sent by that host can be injected as an internal authen…
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Forwarding information received from a host listed as a trusted proxy is not kept separate from Dovecot's own authentication fields, so a value sent by that host can be injected as an internal authentication field. Any host permitted to act as a trusted proxy can authenticate as any user without knowing that user's password. This affects deployments whose password database honours a field that permits authentication without a password. Deployments that do not configure trusted proxies are not affected. Restrict the list of trusted proxy networks to hosts that are fully under your control. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- OX
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 28, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro open_xchange:ox_dovecot_pro (from the name) | from 2.3.4 before 2.3.22.2; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.7; from 3.1.0 before 3.1.6 | CNA record |
Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot CE open_xchange:ox_dovecot_ce (from the name) | from 2.3.4 before 2.4.5 | CNA record |
References
- https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0003.jsonvendor-advisory
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