CVE-2026-40016

MEDIUM WAF: Medium
CVSS 6.5 Published: 2026-05-12
CWE-400

Attacker can upload a malicious Sieve script over ManageSieve service (or locally) to bypass configured CPU time limits for Sieve up to 130 times of the configured limit. Attacker can use this to degrade server performance and bypass configured CPU time limits for Sieve scripts. Install fixed version, or alternatively prevent direct access to Sieve scripts via ManageSieve or local access. No publicly available exploits are known.

WAF Coverage Analysis

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Medium WAF Coverage

OWASP: A05:2021 Security Misconfiguration

912xxx - DOS Protection

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion
dovecotdovecotup to 2.4.4
open-xchangedovecotup to 3.1.5

References

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