Upstream information

CVE-2026-27857 at MITRE

Description

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. 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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Open-Xchange) SUSE
Base Score 4.3 4.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Low Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 6.9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1260898 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • dovecot24 >= 2.4.3-1.1
  • dovecot24-backend-mysql >= 2.4.3-1.1
  • dovecot24-backend-pgsql >= 2.4.3-1.1
  • dovecot24-backend-sqlite >= 2.4.3-1.1
  • dovecot24-devel >= 2.4.3-1.1
  • dovecot24-fts >= 2.4.3-1.1
  • dovecot24-fts-flatcurve >= 2.4.3-1.1
  • dovecot24-fts-solr >= 2.4.3-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-10442


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 dovecot24 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 dovecot24 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 dovecot24 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 dovecot24 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dovecot Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dovecot23 Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 dovecot23 Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 dovecot Not affected
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 dovecot Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 dovecot Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 dovecot23 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 dovecot Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 dovecot Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 dovecot Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 dovecot Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 dovecot Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 dovecot22 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 dovecot Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 dovecot23 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 dovecot Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 dovecot23 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dovecot Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dovecot23 Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Mar 27 12:03:59 2026
CVE page last modified: Sat Mar 28 01:54:20 2026