Bug 2525583 (CVE-2026-42007) - CVE-2026-42007 dovecot: Dovecot: Arbitrary Code Execution via Sieve editheader use-after-free
Summary: CVE-2026-42007 dovecot: Dovecot: Arbitrary Code Execution via Sieve editheade...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-42007
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2526683
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-08-28 11:24 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-12 14:57 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:76763 0 None None None 2026-10-06 16:11:16 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:79371 0 None None None 2026-10-08 17:41:41 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:80825 0 None None None 2026-10-12 14:57:11 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-28 11:24:15 UTC
An attacker that has valid credentials can use a Sieve script with the editheader extension to trigger a use-after-free in the mail editing code, and to write memory contents beyond the intended buffer into the delivered mail. This causes memory leak and opportunity to do memory corruption during mail delivery, which can crash the delivery process and may allow execution of arbitrary code in the context of that process. Disable the Sieve editheader extension. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.

Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-10-06 16:11:15 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:76763 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76763

Comment 3 Jon Orris 2026-10-08 17:41:40 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:79371 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:79371

Comment 4 Jon Orris 2026-10-12 14:57:10 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:80825 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80825


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