CVE-2026-42395

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-28 · updated 2026-09-03
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

A host listed as a trusted proxy can send forwarding information containing a NUL byte, which crashes the login process on the following login attempt. The login process is terminated, which can cause degradation or denial of service for logins. Deployments that do not configure trusted proxies are not affected. Restrict the list of trusted proxy networks to hosts that are fully under your control. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Affected products

Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot CE: from 2.3.0 before 2.4.5 — fixed in 2.4.5
Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro: from 2.3.0 before 2.3.22.2; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.7; from 3.1.0 before 3.1.6 — fixed in 2.3.22.2, 3.0.7, 3.1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot CE 2.4.5; Open-Xchange GmbH OX Dovecot Pro 2.3.22.2, 3.0.7, 3.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0003.json

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