[ALSA-2026:76763] Important: dovecot security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-10-07
Description:
Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, written primarily with security in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server, and supports e-mail in either the maildir or mbox format. The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are provided as subpackages. Security Fix(es): * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service via IMAP ID command with excessive parameters (CVE-2026-42391) * dovecot: Dovecot: Authentication bypass via incorrect OAuth2 token validation (CVE-2026-73208) * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of service via crafted email headers (CVE-2026-27852) * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service via truncated quoted argument in ManageSieve (CVE-2026-40019) * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service and potential message duplication via connection limit exhaustion (CVE-2026-33263) * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service in ManageSieve login process (CVE-2026-33605) * dovecot: Dovecot: Arbitrary Code Execution via Sieve editheader use-after-free (CVE-2026-42007) * dovecot: Dovecot: MySQL multi-byte escaping wrong (CVE-2026-40018) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * Dovecot crashes when accessing mailbox with: "Panic: file mail-user.c: line 229 (mail_user_deinit): assertion failed: ((*user)->refcount == 1)" (JIRA:AlmaLinux-176273) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 dovecot-2.3.16-16.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 08e87c1d3fde22a27eed6be40b6740620e312da7782a607d16971a339f6c2111
aarch64 dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-16.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 0f3f72bc0adba6cc4cd99746fd4b7cd44216dcf019b9030eca794a221d411e1f
aarch64 dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-16.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 71fcafc235f7c1b136ed469a0bd7e88a426f8609cad0fe8ce94a07ca0d54ac99
aarch64 dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-16.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 7b3778fac9fb42535b103507bb7e131ca20e9f7928279964a34d5c628826cb8c
aarch64 dovecot-devel-2.3.16-16.el8_10.aarch64.rpm e434b1e6e66d14ae68ffc46f5e7be3b69a34fb9404662be3a466b8ad2f66ffeb
i686 dovecot-2.3.16-16.el8_10.i686.rpm b7f5f9897526a813c61d591dcfcb9362b6e9928b97ac370f89f97868e132ed04
i686 dovecot-devel-2.3.16-16.el8_10.i686.rpm f843f12a2190b61e12c3abb5b6424efcadf97ab18febd141a2c6eed359006c33
ppc64le dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-16.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm 1deb7c678daa8d2bbea32c81bd70ee452d94bbcaf11d3f32d37e028dc9df479e
ppc64le dovecot-devel-2.3.16-16.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm 6d4b4d07a1174bae9d6449ecd51acda3d3fa92bb817c652707dd910e36121107
ppc64le dovecot-2.3.16-16.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm c5bbe1e7909251fd28e02129f4e6799356b55cdf74a8fcf6811b99032b0f9898
ppc64le dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-16.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm c82283593345c67fa38e9f7a60afb30392c9e678949af90296935f2389cf1f59
ppc64le dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-16.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm fcf270906af789a25bacca68c6a79563529b7b3456917833ad3292c5fa36f379
s390x dovecot-devel-2.3.16-16.el8_10.s390x.rpm b1f2a1bbb620b94aab668b3e9e9d3f9c61455be6b710e887688bf0fb5bc1bf84
s390x dovecot-2.3.16-16.el8_10.s390x.rpm b51a2adb4d3519243b3e3ef18fc3ed0d0d9f557d8d8dc2c69e7f60caf8544753
s390x dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-16.el8_10.s390x.rpm bf02f40d59e6255ae6e88a1aca63c749c482ee80de42599311792d9fff4939d7
s390x dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-16.el8_10.s390x.rpm d051017b9d8024b6c1f91f66cae341c8da880f695774cccdb8d76d025c52d673
s390x dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-16.el8_10.s390x.rpm e467c05dee3d589adae67392691738f9b06f2d2ec60c4b2603dd12a9c3bebf42
x86_64 dovecot-2.3.16-16.el8_10.x86_64.rpm 4249fa27692963a51016248cb9306775de654c48948ad01a7a5a457cb93702fb
x86_64 dovecot-devel-2.3.16-16.el8_10.x86_64.rpm a102b7d9d3960058b8e2bb3bb01002949927268e935d0d2c96e644af20cd78e8
x86_64 dovecot-mysql-2.3.16-16.el8_10.x86_64.rpm ae93b41b0186cf1d9916f8933070c6f017a09bef9abb5210c3eb45edc48b4802
x86_64 dovecot-pgsql-2.3.16-16.el8_10.x86_64.rpm b83b0eae4103e91d55eecbed6db3e9ff86e5ff30c899539bced16de12a669b75
x86_64 dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.16-16.el8_10.x86_64.rpm f1c2c0c53806371d94944ac1700c29c73c8706e373f372a87e9e94681ecda9c6
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.