ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-42006
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006
Upstream
Published
2026-05-12T14:17:04.703Z
Modified
2026-08-05T06:30:12.672605395Z
Severity
  • 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.23 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.4-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dovecot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.4-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-42006.json"