CVE-2026-27857
Sending "NOOP (((...)))" command with 4000 parenthesis open+close results in ~1MB extra memory usage. Longer commands will result in client disconnection. This 1 MB can be left allocated for longer time periods by not sending the command ending LF. So attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections.
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Attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections. Install fixed version, there is no other remediation. No publicly available exploits are known.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.80%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 55
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access85 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact90 %
Vulnerabilidad de Denegación de Servicio en Dovecot por consumo de memoria mediante comandos NOOP malformados. Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N permite explotación remota sin autenticación. Impacto: T1499.004 (Application Exhaustion)
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-400
- CWE-770
Referencias
- https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0001.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13498
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13830
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13857
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17602
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17625
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17626
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17628
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17630
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18053
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19149
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19364
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19453
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26564
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27857
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452179
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-27857.json
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