Description
An issue was discovered in Cyrus IMAP before 3.12.4. Mailbox/set let a sharee change a special-use role on shared mailboxes. An authenticated user with maySetKeywords on another user's mailbox could change that mailbox's specialuse annotation. This could allow the sharee to change the shared mailbox to perform the archived, snoozed, or other role, which might cause mail mail to be written to the shared mailbox, sharing more content than intended. (This is likely to be an unusual situation, made more unusual because if the target already has an non-shared mailbox with that role, role duplication suppression will prevent the update.)
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyrusimap | Cyrus IMAP | < 3.8.8, 3.9.0 – < 3.10.4, 3.11.0 – < 3.12.4 | 3.8.8 |
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 | cyrus-imapd | 3.12.4-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | cyrus-imapd | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | cyrus-imapd | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | cyrus-imapd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | cyrus-imapd | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | cyrus-imapd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | cyrus-imapd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | cyrus-imapd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | cyrus-imapd | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | cyrus-imapd | 3.8.8-bp160.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21929-1 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21929-1 Security update for cyrus-imapd SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 25, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-3301 cyrus imap: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 24, 2026