CVE-2025-59032

ManageSieve AUTHENTICATE command crashes when using literal as SASL initial response. This can be used to crash ManageSieve service repeatedly, making it unavailable for other users. Control access to ManageSieve port, or disable the service if it's not needed. Alternatively upgrade to a fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Published: 2026-03-27 Last update: 2026-04-30 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-59032 is rated Low Risk (36.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-59032

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-01 0.03% 0.06% +0.03%
2 2026-04-30 0.06% 0.03% -0.03%
3 2026-03-27 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-59032

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-59032

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-59032

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-59032 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dovecot), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-59032
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59032
suse high CVE-2025-59032 severity important: SUSE including 9 source package names (dovecot, dovecot24-2.4.3-1.1, …), 29 product×package rows across 22 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, … (22 product lines)): Known Not Affected 21, Fixed 8. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59032/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-59032 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dovecot), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needed 4, released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-59032

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-59032

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dovecot dovecot < 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open-xchange dovecot < 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-59032

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