Description
A host listed as a trusted proxy can send forwarding information containing a NUL byte, which crashes the login process on the following login attempt. The login process is terminated, which can cause degradation or denial of service for logins. Deployments that do not configure trusted proxies are not affected. Restrict the list of trusted proxy networks to hosts that are fully under your control. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Published: 2026-08-28
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Title Null Byte Crash in Trusted Proxy Forwarding Causing Denial of Service in OX Dovecot

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Description A host listed as a trusted proxy can send forwarding information containing a NUL byte, which crashes the login process on the following login attempt. The login process is terminated, which can cause degradation or denial of service for logins. Deployments that do not configure trusted proxies are not affected. Restrict the list of trusted proxy networks to hosts that are fully under your control. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OX

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T15:53:43.599Z

Reserved: 2026-04-27T08:53:58.839Z

Link: CVE-2026-42395

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-28T12:16:29.887

Modified: 2026-08-28T20:17:30.620

Link: CVE-2026-42395

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Updated: 2026-08-28T14:30:08Z

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