An attacker can cause uncontrolled memory usage with excessive bracing over IMAP. The fix in CVE-2026-27857 was incomplete, only blocking one way of doing this, so there was still another way left open. In particular, the fix was for closing braces, but you could still use open braces to bypass the limit. Using excessive bracing, attacker can cause memory usage up to configured memory limit. Install fixed version, or configure vsz_limit for imap process to low value. No publicly available exploits are known.

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Tue, 12 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Title Excessive Bracing in IMAP Causes Uncontrolled Memory Usage
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 12 May 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Open-xchange
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Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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Description An attacker can cause uncontrolled memory usage with excessive bracing over IMAP. The fix in CVE-2026-27857 was incomplete, only blocking one way of doing this, so there was still another way left open. In particular, the fix was for closing braces, but you could still use open braces to bypass the limit. Using excessive bracing, attacker can cause memory usage up to configured memory limit. Install fixed version, or configure vsz_limit for imap process to low value. No publicly available exploits are known.
Weaknesses CWE-400
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OX

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T15:40:38.913Z

Reserved: 2026-04-23T11:15:21.199Z

Link: CVE-2026-42006

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T15:40:33.391Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-12T14:17:04.703

Modified: 2026-05-12T15:08:22.857

Link: CVE-2026-42006

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T16:00:13Z

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