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High 7.5Published May 4, 2026
CVE-2026-43964Postfix before 3.8.16, 3.9 before 3.9.10, and 3.10 before 3.10.9 sometimes allows a buffer over-read and process crash via an enhanced status code that lacks text after the third number.
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Postfix before 3.8.16, 3.9 before 3.9.10, and 3.10 before 3.10.9 sometimes allows a buffer over-read and process crash via an enhanced status code that lacks text after the third number.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-193
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
postfix postfix postfix:postfix | before 3.8.16; from 3.9.0 before 3.9.10; from 3.10.0 before 3.10.9 | NVD |
References
- https://www.mail-archive.com/postfix-announce@postfix.org/msg00110.htmlmailing-list, third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/30mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25930
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25932
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26205
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50963
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50964
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51034
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51436
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57174
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43964
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466488
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-43964.json
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