An attacker can cause uncontrolled memory usage with excessive bracing over IMAP. The fix in CVE-2026-27857 was incomplete, only blocking one way of doing this, so there was still another way left open. In particular, the fix was for closing braces, but you could still use open braces to bypass the limit. Using excessive bracing, attacker can cause memory usage up to configured memory limit. Install fixed version, or configure vsz_limit for imap process to low value. No publicly available exploits are known.
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| Description | An attacker can cause uncontrolled memory usage with excessive bracing over IMAP. The fix in CVE-2026-27857 was incomplete, only blocking one way of doing this, so there was still another way left open. In particular, the fix was for closing braces, but you could still use open braces to bypass the limit. Using excessive bracing, attacker can cause memory usage up to configured memory limit. Install fixed version, or configure vsz_limit for imap process to low value. No publicly available exploits are known. | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: OX
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-12T15:40:38.913Z
Reserved: 2026-04-23T11:15:21.199Z
Link: CVE-2026-42006
Updated: 2026-05-12T15:40:33.391Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-12T14:17:04.703
Modified: 2026-05-12T15:08:22.857
Link: CVE-2026-42006
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Updated: 2026-05-12T16:00:13Z