CVE-2026-27858

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.

Published: 2026-03-27 Last update: 2026-06-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-27858 is rated Moderate Risk (48.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.79%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-27858

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 2026-06-30 0.46% 0.79% +0.33%
2 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.46% +0.43%
3 2026-04-30 0.02%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-27858

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]
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 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-27858

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-27858

GHSA-xr7v-hj32-mr4r · Severity: high — Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-27858

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-27858 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-2026-27858
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27858
suse high CVE-2026-27858 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-2026-27858/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-27858 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-2026-27858

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-27858

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dovecot dovecot < 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open-xchange dovecot < 2.3.22.1 cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*
open-xchange dovecot >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*
open-xchange dovecot >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-27858

URL Tags
https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0001.json Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13498
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13830
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13857
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17602
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17625
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17626
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17628
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17630
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18053
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19149
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19364
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19453
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19455
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26564
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27858
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452175
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-27858.json
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