Bug 2452179 (CVE-2026-27857)

Summary: CVE-2026-27857 dovecot: denial of service via specially crafted NOOP command
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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A flaw was found in dovecot. An unauthenticated and remote attacker can send a specially crafted "NOOP" command containing numerous open and close parentheses without a command-ending line feed, causing the server to allocate an excessive amount of memory, resulting in a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2452244, 2452246, 2452245    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-27 09:02:22 UTC
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.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-04 13:48:46 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:13498 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13498

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-05 17:11:52 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:13830 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13830

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-05 19:18:27 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:13857 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13857

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-14 14:00:46 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:17602 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17602

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-14 15:02:29 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:17630 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17630

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-14 15:10:20 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:17625 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17625

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-14 15:14:06 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:17628 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17628

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-14 15:24:59 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:17626 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17626

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-18 12:34:14 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2026:18053 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18053

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-19 16:09:47 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:19149 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19149

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-19 21:40:41 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:19364 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19364

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-20 01:56:19 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2026:19453 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19453

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-20 02:07:45 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Via RHSA-2026:19455 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19455