CVE-2026-40016 PUBLISHED

Assigner: OX
Reserved: 08.04.2026 Published: 12.05.2026 Updated: 12.05.2026

Attacker can upload a malicious Sieve script over ManageSieve service (or locally) to bypass configured CPU time limits for Sieve up to 130 times of the configured limit. Attacker can use this to degrade server performance and bypass configured CPU time limits for Sieve scripts. Install fixed version, or alternatively prevent direct access to Sieve scripts via ManageSieve or local access. No publicly available exploits are known.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

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

References

Problem Types

  • Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe