CVE-2026-27859Disclosure(dovecot / dovecot)

LOWCVSS 5.3 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

A mail message containing excessive amount of RFC 2231 MIME parameters causes LMTP to use too much CPU. A suitably formatted mail message causes mail delivery process to consume large amounts of CPU time. Use MTA capabilities to limit RFC 2231 MIME parameters in mail messages, or upgrade to fixed version where the processing is limited. No publicly available exploits are known.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-400

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • dovecot

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
dovecot

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-03-27: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-27: 103-27
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-27859 A mail message containing excessive amount of RFC 2231 MIME parameters causes LMTP to use too much CPU. A suitably formatted mail message causes mail delivery process… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27859

    Post summary

    CVE‑2026‑27859 is a denial‑of‑service vulnerability where an oversized set of RFC 2231 MIME parameters triggers excessive CPU usage in LMTP. No proof of exploitation, patch, or code is reported.

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