7.7High

CVE-2026-24031

Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Published: (7 months ago)

Description

Dovecot SQL based authentication can be bypassed when auth_username_chars is cleared by admin. This vulnerability allows bypassing authentication for any user and user enumeration. Do not clear auth_username_chars. If this is not possible, install latest fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-89

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
dovecot dovecot < 2.4.3
open-xchange dovecot < 3.1.4
Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro ≤ 3.1.0, ≤ 2.4.0
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 all versions
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 —

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (2)

  • cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 2.4.3
  • cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:dovecot:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:* < 3.1.4