RLSA-2026:86981

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:86981
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:86981.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:86981
Upstream
Published
2026-10-22T00:04:07Z
Modified
2026-10-22T00:30:02Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: fetchmail security update
Details

Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections. Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the Internet (POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all IMAPs, ESMTP ETRN, IPv6, and IPSEC) for retrieval. Then Fetchmail forwards the mail through SMTP so the user can read it through their favorite mail client.

Security Fix(es):

  • fetchmail: fetchmail: stack-based buffer overflow in NTLM authentication (fetchmail-SA-2026-01) (CVE-2026-94184)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Database specific
{
    "license":  "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url":  "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory":  "RHSA-2026:86981"
}
References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / fetchmail

Package

Name
fetchmail
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/fetchmail?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:6.4.24-1.el9_8.1
Database specific
Show details
{
    "yum_repository":  "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:86981.json"