USN-8382-1: exim4 Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 03-06-2026Last modified 04-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-8382-1 is a vulnerability in exim4 Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 6 · Downstream 0 · Related 6
CVE-2023-51766CVE-2026-40685CVE-2026-40686CVE-2026-40687CVE-2026-45185CVE-2026-48840

Timeline

  1. 03-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

exim4 vulnerabilities Timo Longin discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain SMTP messages in PIPELINING/CHUNKING configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SMTP smuggling. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-51766) It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain malformed JSON data in headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Exim, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-40685) It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain malformed UTF-8 headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-40686) It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain SPA resources. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Exim, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-40687) It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain CHUNKING transfers in some GnuTLS configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Exim, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-45185) Warisjeet Singh discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain proxy connections in builds with proxy support enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-48840)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • exim4< 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm9 | < 4.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm9 | < 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.10+esm6 | < 4.93-13ubuntu1.12+esm1

1 vendor · 1 product

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