Bug 2525568 (CVE-2026-42393) - CVE-2026-42393 dovecot: Dovecot: Information disclosure via timing attack on `doveadm` password/API key comparison
Summary: CVE-2026-42393 dovecot: Dovecot: Information disclosure via timing attack on ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-42393
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2526687
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Reported: 2026-08-28 11:23 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-01 07:29 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-28 11:23:20 UTC
The comparison used for the doveadm password and API key is not fully timing safe and can reveal the length of the configured secret. An attacker with access to the same network as the doveadm service, able to make repeated requests and measure response timing accurately, can learn the length of the secret, which reduces the effort needed to guess it. The secret value itself is not disclosed. Restrict network access to the doveadm service to trusted clients. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.


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