CVE-2026-47088
LOWDescription
An issue was discovered in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP through 3.12.2. There is heap exposure in nested MIME comment parsing. An authenticated IMAP user could craft an email message containing an RFC 822 comment ending with a backslash. When parsing the message, the server would read past the message's end in memory, and read into the heap, returning the read content to the user.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-126 (Buffer Over-read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-49285 | High | 8.6 | 89% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2017-7668 | High | 7.5 | 57% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2025-21277 | High | 7.5 | 39% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-38071 | High | 7.5 | 36% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2009-2495 | Medium | 6.5 | 34% | - | - |
| CVE-2024-20290 | High | 7.5 | 34% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2026-47088?
Upgrade cyrus-imapd on debian unstable to 3.12.3-1 or later.
Is CVE-2026-47088 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2026-47088 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.18% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 8% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2026-47088?
CVE-2026-47088 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.1, rated low. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2026-47088 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for cyrus-imapd (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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