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AlmaLinux 8 : dovecot (ALSA-2026:76763)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 363927
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:76763 advisory.* dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service via IMAP ID command with excessive parameters (CVE-2026-42391)
* dovecot: Dovecot: Authentication bypass via incorrect OAuth2 token validation (CVE-2026-73208)
* dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of service via crafted email headers (CVE-2026-27852)
* dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service via truncated quoted argument in ManageSieve (CVE-2026-40019)
* dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service and potential message duplication via connection limit exhaustion (CVE-2026-33263)
* dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service in ManageSieve login process (CVE-2026-33605)
* dovecot: Dovecot: Arbitrary Code Execution via Sieve editheader use-after-free (CVE-2026-42007)
* dovecot: Dovecot: MySQL multi-byte escaping wrong (CVE-2026-40018)
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
* Dovecot crashes when accessing mailbox with: Panic: file mail-user.c: line 229 (mail_user_deinit):
assertion failed: ((*user)->refcount == 1) (JIRA:AlmaLinux-176273)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 363927
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-76763.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 10/7/2026
Updated: 10/7/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Percentile: 57.58
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42007
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot-pigeonhole, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-27852, CVE-2026-33263, CVE-2026-33605, CVE-2026-40018, CVE-2026-40019, CVE-2026-42007, CVE-2026-42391, CVE-2026-73208