CVE-2026-42006
An attacker can cause uncontrolled memory usage with excessive bracing over IMAP. The fix in CVE-2026-27857 was incomplete, only blocking on
CVSS
4.3
Medium
EPSS
0.5%
p37
KEV
—
Exploit Today
11
0-100
Published: May 12, 2026 · Last modified: Jul 15, 2026 · CWE-400 · CWE-770
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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