CVE-2026-40020 PUBLISHED

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

Attacker can use the IMAP SETACL command to inject the anyone permission to user's dovecot-acl file even if imap_acl_allow_anyone=no. This causes folders to be spammed to all users. The impact is limited to being able to spam folders to other users, no unexpected access is gained. Install to fixed version. 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:L
CVSS Score: 3.1

Product Status

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

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Access Control cwe