Description
Roundcube Webmail before 1.6.20 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 is affected by a mail header injection vulnerability. rcmail_sendmail::extract_inline_images() used the media type taken from an inline image data URI without validating it, so a remote authenticated attacker could inject arbitrary MIME part headers into the outgoing message by placing CRLF sequences in that media type. Upstream fixed this in the commit “Fix mail header injection via media type in an inline image data URI”, which validates the media type with rcube_mime::is_mimetype_valid().
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roundcube | Webmail | 1.6.0 – < 1.6.20, 1.7.0 – < 1.7.5 | 1.6.20 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | roundcube | 1.6.20+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | roundcube | 1.6.20+dfsg-0+deb13u1 | — |
| Debian 12 | roundcube | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | roundcube | No fix yet | — |
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS | roundcube | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | roundcube | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | roundcube | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | roundcube | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | roundcube | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | roundcube | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-4043 Roundcube Webmail: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 5, 2026
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/1151279 issue-tracking third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/7f3cc9cacb16cb3ab047fe8e3cba81db2023cdfc patch
- https://roundcube.net/news/2026/10/19/security-updates-1.6.20-and-1.7.5 vendor-advisory release-notes
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.7.5 release-notes patch
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.20 release-notes patch
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/adb9b9b3fd43e30af1c166b79494726d89f828eb patch