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CVE-2026-27851

HIGH
7.4
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

When safe filter is used with variable expansion, all following pipelines on the same string are incorrectly interpreted as safe too, enabling unsafe data to be unescaped. This can enable SQL / LDAP injection attacks when used in authentication. Avoid using safe filter until on fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.

How to fix

Remediation Available
dovecotDebian
Fixed in:1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u6CVE-2026-27851
Fixed in:1:2.4.4+dfsg1-1CVE-2026-27851
dovecotUbuntu
Fixed in:1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.9USN-8365-1
Fixed in:1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2ubuntu6.5USN-8365-1
Fixed in:1:2.4.1+dfsg1-5ubuntu4.2USN-8365-1
dovecot-coreUbuntu
Fixed in:1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.9USN-8365-1
Fixed in:1:2.3.21+dfsg1-2ubuntu6.5USN-8365-1
Fixed in:1:2.4.1+dfsg1-5ubuntu4.2USN-8365-1

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days
33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

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CVE-2017-20160Medium6.30.8%-Fix
CVE-2024-47651Medium6.50.4%-Fix
CVE-2026-20083Medium6.50.1%--
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