Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-81686.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-81686
Upstream
Published
2026-03-27T09:16:18Z
Modified
2026-09-01T05:26:35Z
Summary
CVE-2025-59028 affecting package dovecot 2.3.20-1
Details

When sending invalid base64 SASL data, login process is disconnected from the auth server, causing all active authentication sessions to fail. Invalid BASE64 data can be used to DoS a vulnerable server to break concurrent logins. Install fixed version or disable concurrency in login processes (heavy perfomance penalty on large deployments). No publicly available exploits are known.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/dovecot

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
2.3.20-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-81686.json"