Description
An attacker that has valid credentials can select a compression algorithm for the IMAP connection whose decompression state requires a large amount of memory, and open several such connections. The memory limit of the process is reached with only a few connections, terminating the process and all connections it handles, which can cause degradation or denial of service for IMAP. Disable IMAP compression. Alternatively limit the number of connections handled by a single imap-login process, though this has a performance impact. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Published: 2026-08-28
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Title IMAP Connection Compression Memory Exhaustion Leading to Denial of Service

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Description An attacker that has valid credentials can select a compression algorithm for the IMAP connection whose decompression state requires a large amount of memory, and open several such connections. The memory limit of the process is reached with only a few connections, terminating the process and all connections it handles, which can cause degradation or denial of service for IMAP. Disable IMAP compression. Alternatively limit the number of connections handled by a single imap-login process, though this has a performance impact. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OX

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T15:53:30.084Z

Reserved: 2026-06-08T08:05:31.708Z

Link: CVE-2026-52687

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-28T12:16:30.133

Modified: 2026-08-28T12:16:30.133

Link: CVE-2026-52687

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Updated: 2026-08-28T13:30:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption