3.1

CVE-2026-47088: cyrusimap cyrus_imap Buffer Over-read

CVSS: 3.1v3.1LowDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-47088DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47088
Published 16-07-2026Last modified 16-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-47088 is a low (CVSS 3.1) Buffer Over-read vulnerability in cyrusimap cyrus_imap. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
12/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.1/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21368-1

Timeline

  1. 16-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP through 3.12.2. There is heap exposure in nested MIME comment parsing. An authenticated IMAP user could craft an email message containing an RFC 822 comment ending with a backslash. When parsing the message, the server would read past the message's end in memory, and read into the heap, returning the read content to the user.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cyrusimap1 product
Debian1 product
  • cyrus-imapd< 3.6.1-4+deb12u5 | < 3.10.2-1+deb13u2 | < 3.12.3-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • cyrus-imapdAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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