CVE-2026-85111

high

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache James Mime4J library prior version 0.8.15 allows Denial of Service upon parsing Mime messages. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache James server 3.9.1 that relies on fixed MIME4J 0.8.15 which addresses the issue. See CVE-2026-85108 in Apache James MIME4J library.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85108

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/j1bql696qvg935lp8zo0m626jp9n0h8q

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-118222

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-06

Updated: 2026-11-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High