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High ELSA-2026-80825 8 CVEs

Important: dovecot security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Oct 12, 2026 · Updated Oct 12, 2026

Summary

[1:2.3.16-18.8]
- fix CVE-2026-33605: ManageSieve protocol denial of service via
lone CR character (RHEL-251989)

[1:2.3.16-18.7]
- fix CVE-2026-42007: use-after-free in pigeonhole editheader
(RHEL-251952)

[1:2.3.16-18.6]
- fix CVE-2026-40018: incorrect escaping of multi-byte strings in SQL commands (RHEL-252068)

[1:2.3.16-18.5]
- fix CVE-2026-42391: excessive memory growth with pre-login IMAP ID
command (RHEL-251936)

[1:2.3.16-18.4]
- fix CVE-2026-73208: OAuth2 scope check requires all configured scopes, add oauth2_audience setting (RHEL-251911)

[1:2.3.16-18.3]
- fix CVE-2026-27852: limit parsed message data to prevent memory
exhaustion (RHEL-251575)

[1:2.3.16-18.2]
- fix CVE-2026-33263: epoll_ctl panic at
mail_max_userip_connections limit (RHEL-251929)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 dovecot 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8
Oracle Linux · 9 dovecot-devel 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8
Oracle Linux · 9 dovecot-mysql 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8
Oracle Linux · 9 dovecot-pgsql 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8
Oracle Linux · 9 dovecot-pigeonhole 1:2.3.16-18.el9_8.8

Vulnerabilities 8