CVE-2026-24031

high

Description

Dovecot SQL based authentication can be bypassed when auth_username_chars is cleared by admin. This vulnerability allows bypassing authentication for any user and user enumeration. Do not clear auth_username_chars. If this is not possible, install latest fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.

References

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-24031.json

https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0001.json

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452181

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24031

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-27

Updated: 2026-06-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00054