CVE-2026-27858CWE-400

Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate large amount of memory

High · published March 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
64.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01079 · 64.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2026-03-27T08:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 08:10Z
    Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate large amount of memory
    cvelistv5