Low severity · published Aug 28, 2026
CVE-2026-42393
The comparison used for the doveadm password and API key is not fully timing safe and can reveal the length of the configured secret
3.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The comparison used for the doveadm password and API key is not fully timing safe and can reveal the length of the configured secret. An attacker with access to the same network as the doveadm service, able to make repeated requests and measure response timing accurately, can learn the length of the secret, which reduces the effort needed to guess it. The secret value itself is not disclosed. Restrict network access to the doveadm service to trusted clients. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OD
OX Dovecot CE · Open-Xchange GmbH
2.3.0 before 2.4.5 · source: vendor
OD
OX Dovecot Pro · Open-Xchange GmbH
2.3.0 before 2.3.22.2; 3.0.0 before 3.0.7; 3.1.0 before 3.1.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42393
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42393
documentation.open-xchange.com
https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0003.json
More from OX Dovecot CE
9.1
CVE-2026-42007
An attacker that has valid credentials can use a Sieve script with the editheader extension to trigger a use-after-free in the mail editing code, and to write memory contents…
7.5
CVE-2026-42391
An unauthenticated attacker can send an IMAP ID command with a very large number of parameters before logging in, which causes memory and CPU usage to grow disproportionately
7.5
CVE-2026-33605
An unauthenticated attacker can crash the ManageSieve login process by sending a small malformed command before authenticating
7.5
CVE-2026-27852
An attacker that can send mail to a user can craft a message whose headers contain a very large number of email addresses or MIME parameters, which causes excessive memory usage…
7.4
CVE-2026-73208
An attacker that holds a token intended for a different purpose can authenticate, because when an OAuth2 token response does not contain a scope claim, the audience claim is used…
