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ALPINE-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. An attacker with...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.23 dovecot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.5-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.24 dovecot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.5-r0"}]}]

References

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