Description
A host listed as a trusted proxy can send forwarding information containing a NUL byte, which crashes the login process on the following login attempt. The login process is terminated, which can cause degradation or denial of service for logins. Deployments that do not configure trusted proxies are not affected. Restrict the list of trusted proxy networks to hosts that are fully under your control. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Published: 2026-08-28
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Open-xchange
Open-xchange ox Dovecot Ce
Open-xchange ox Dovecot Pro
Vendors & Products Open-xchange
Open-xchange ox Dovecot Ce
Open-xchange ox Dovecot Pro

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Null Byte Crash in Trusted Proxy Forwarding Causing Denial of Service in OX Dovecot dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service via NUL byte in forwarding information
Weaknesses CWE-170
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Null Byte Crash in Trusted Proxy Forwarding Causing Denial of Service in OX Dovecot

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A host listed as a trusted proxy can send forwarding information containing a NUL byte, which crashes the login process on the following login attempt. The login process is terminated, which can cause degradation or denial of service for logins. Deployments that do not configure trusted proxies are not affected. Restrict the list of trusted proxy networks to hosts that are fully under your control. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Open-xchange Ox Dovecot Ce Ox Dovecot Pro
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OX

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T15:53:43.599Z

Reserved: 2026-04-27T08:53:58.839Z

Link: CVE-2026-42395

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T14:32:29.220Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-28T12:16:29.887

Modified: 2026-08-28T20:17:30.620

Link: CVE-2026-42395

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-28T10:12:29Z

Links: CVE-2026-42395 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-01T14:45:04Z

Weaknesses