Sending "NOOP (((...)))" command with 4000 parenthesis open+close results in ~1MB extra memory usage. Longer commands will result in client disconnection. This 1 MB can be left allocated for longer time periods by not sending the command ending LF. So attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections. Attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections. Install fixed version, there is no other remediation. No publicly available exploits are known.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade dovecot-pigeonholeUpgrade dovecotUpgrade dovecot-pgsqlUpgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecot-mysql | May 6, 2026 | May 5, 2026 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade dovecot | Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecot-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pgsqlUpgrade dovecot-mysqlUpgrade dovecot-pigeonholeUpgrade dovecot | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade dovecot-mysqlUpgrade dovecotUpgrade dovecot-pgsqlUpgrade dovecot-pigeonholeUpgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecot-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pgsql-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-debugsourceUpgrade dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-mysql-debuginfo | Apr 14, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade dovecot | Apr 7, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade dovecot-pigeonholeUpgrade dovecot-pgsqlUpgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecotUpgrade dovecot-mysql | May 6, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecot-mysql-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-debugsourceUpgrade dovecot-pgsqlUpgrade dovecotUpgrade dovecot-mysqlNo solution existsUpgrade dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pigeonholeUpgrade dovecot-pgsql-debuginfo | May 6, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecot-pigeonholeUpgrade dovecot-pgsqlUpgrade dovecot-pgsql-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-debugsourceUpgrade dovecot-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-mysqlUpgrade dovecot-mysql-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot | May 11, 2026 | May 7, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade dovecot-core | Apr 1, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
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