The comparison used for the doveadm password and API key is not fully timing safe and can reveal...
Summary
Vulnerability reported (CVE-2026-42393). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-42393 has been found.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "CVE-2026-42393" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-42393 — CWE-200 / CVSS v3 3.1
Attack vector: adjacent-network / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Information disclosure (CWE-200) has been reported.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで影響コンポーネントを特定する。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2026-42393 dovecot Fixed in: 2.4.5-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42393 dovecot
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42393 dovecot
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web security@open-xchange.com
- web github.com