CVE-2026-40203

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: August 28, 2026 at 10:12 AM UTC
Updated: September 3, 2026 at 06:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOX Dovecot

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

When IMAP compression is enabled, the same compression state is reused across responses in a session, so response sizes depend on both attacker-supplied mail and other mail in the same mailbox. An attacker that can send mail to a user and can also observe the sizes of that user's IMAP traffic can confirm whether the body of a small message matches a guessed text. Recovery of arbitrary unknown content was not demonstrated, but the attack can disclose whether a secret-like message body matches a candidate. Disable IMAP compression. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.3.0 ≤ v < 2.3.22.22.3.0 ≤ v < 2.4.53.0.0 ≤ v < 3.0.73.1.0 ≤ v < 3.1.62.3.03.0.03.1.0
Affected range stops below 2.3.22.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.1.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

3.7LOWOX
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-200

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