CVE-2026-27855 PUBLISHED

Assigner: OX
Reserved: 24.02.2026 Published: 27.03.2026 Updated: 27.03.2026

Dovecot OTP authentication is vulnerable to replay attack under specific conditions. If auth cache is enabled, and username is altered in passdb, then OTP credentials can be cached so that same OTP reply is valid. An attacker able to observe an OTP exchange is able to log in as the user. If authentication happens over unsecure connection, switch to SCRAM protocol. Alternatively ensure the communcations are secured, and if possible switch to OAUTH2 or SCRAM. No publicly available exploits are known.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.8

Product Status

Vendor Open-Xchange GmbH
Product OX Dovecot Pro
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.3.0 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

  • Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay cwe