An attacker that has valid credentials can use a Sieve script with the editheader extension to trigger a use-after-free in the mail editing code, and to write memory contents beyond the intended buffer into the delivered mail. This causes memory leak and opportunity to do memory corruption during mail delivery, which can crash the delivery process and may allow execution of arbitrary code in the context of that process. Disable the Sieve editheader extension. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade dovecotUpgrade dovecot-mysqlUpgrade dovecot-pigeonholeUpgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecot-pgsql | Oct 11, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade dovecot | Aug 31, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade dovecotUpgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecot-pgsqlUpgrade dovecot-mysqlUpgrade dovecot-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pigeonhole | Oct 19, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade dovecot-pgsqlUpgrade dovecot-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecot-mysql-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pgsql-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-debugsourceUpgrade dovecot-mysqlUpgrade dovecotUpgrade dovecot-pigeonhole | Sep 30, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade dovecot | Sep 30, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfoUpgrade dovecotUpgrade dovecot-mysql-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pigeonholeUpgrade dovecot-mysqlUpgrade dovecot-debugsourceUpgrade dovecot-pgsqlUpgrade dovecot-pgsql-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade dovecot-devel | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-mysql-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pigeonholeUpgrade dovecot-debuginfoUpgrade dovecot-pgsql-debuginfoUpgrade dovecotUpgrade dovecot-debugsourceUpgrade dovecot-mysqlUpgrade dovecot-develUpgrade dovecot-pgsql | Oct 8, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 |
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