Is CVE-2007-6598 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2007-6598 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2007-6598?

CVE-2007-6598 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2007-6598?

CVE-2007-6598 has an EPSS score of 1.96% (78th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-6598?

Upgrade dovecot on debian 11 to 1:1.0.10-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-6598

MEDIUMEPSS 78th pctl

6.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Dovecot before 1.0.10, with certain configuration options including use of %variables, does not properly maintain the LDAP+auth cache, which might allow remote authenticated users to login as a different user who has the same password.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

dovecotDebian

Fixed in:1:1.0.10-1CVE-2007-6598

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.96%probability of exploitation in 30 days

78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references19

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.