CVE-2026-27858

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-27. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate large amount of memory. Attacker can force managesieve-login to be unavailable by repeatedly crashing the process. Protect access to managesieve protocol, or install fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
55%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 27, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Apr 30, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic
https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0001.json

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-27858(15)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(15)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatdovecot-1:2.2.36-8.el7_9.12026-06-17redhat
ubuntudovecot-submissiond (1:2.4.1+dfsg1-5ubuntu4.1) @ questing2026-06-11ubuntu
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.16-2.el8_6.12026-05-20redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.8-9.el8_4.12026-05-20redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.16-18.el9_82026-05-19redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.21-19.el10_22026-05-19redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.16-3.el8_8.12026-05-18redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.16-8.el9_2.22026-05-14redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.21-16.el10_0.12026-05-14redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.16-3.el9_0.12026-05-14redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.16-11.el9_4.22026-05-14redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.16-15.el9_6.12026-05-14redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.16-7.el8_102026-05-05redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.16-15.el9_7.12026-05-05redhat
redhatdovecot-1:2.3.21-16.el10_1.12026-05-04redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dovecot1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2, 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1, 1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u21:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u3—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dovecot1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1, 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u11:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u2—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dovecot1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6, 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u1, 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u2, 1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u31:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u4—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dovecot1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6 ... 1:2.4.2+dfsg1-4 (8 versions)1:2.4.3+dfsg1-1—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 28× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 232 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-09-17 19:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-09-02 13:14 UTCOSV refresh
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  8. 2026-08-16 10:02 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-16 10:02 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-16 10:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-08-14 19:13 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-14 19:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-14 06:20 UTCEG score recompute
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  17. 2026-08-14 06:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-08-12 20:38 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-12 20:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-11 20:46 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-11 20:46 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-11 20:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-11 03:48 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-11 03:48 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-11 03:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-10 05:09 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-08-10 05:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-09 17:32 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-09 17:32 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-08-09 17:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-09 05:53 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-09 05:53 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-09 05:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-08 03:57 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-08 03:57 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-08 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-07 16:20 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-07 16:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-06 18:43 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-06 18:43 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-06 18:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-06 00:48 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-06 00:48 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-06 00:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  56. 2026-08-03 23:10 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-08-03 23:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-08-03 03:00 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-08-03 03:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-02 15:13 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-08-02 15:13 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-08-02 15:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-27858?
CVE-2026-27858 is a high vulnerability published on March 27, 2026. Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate large amount of memory. Attacker can force managesieve-login to be unavailable by repeatedly crashing the process. Protect access to managesieve protocol, or install fixed version. No publicly…
When was CVE-2026-27858 disclosed?
CVE-2026-27858 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 27, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-27858 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-27858 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 45.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-27858?
CVE-2026-27858 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-27858?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-27858, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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