An attacker that has valid credentials can open many connections to the imap-hibernate service and send invalid commands, which can intermittently cause an out-of-bounds read and crash the process. The crash interrupts hibernated IMAP sessions handled by the affected process, which can cause degradation of service for IMAP. Disable IMAP hibernation. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade dovecot | Aug 31, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade dovecot | Sep 30, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
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