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GHSA-XR7V-HJ32-MR4R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-27 09:31 – Updated: 2026-06-30 03:36
VLAI
Details
Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate large amount of memory. Attacker can force managesieve-login to be unavailable by repeatedly crashing the process. Protect access to managesieve protocol, or install fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Severity
7.5 (High)
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CVE-2026-27858 (GCVE-0-2026-27858)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-27 08:10 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:08
VLAI
EPSS
Summary
Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate large amount of memory.
Attacker can force managesieve-login to be unavailable by repeatedly crashing the process. Protect access to managesieve protocol, or install fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
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References
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