Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2026· Updated May 12, 2026
CVE-2026-33603
CVE-2026-33603
Description
Attacker can use a specially crafted base64 exchange between Dovecot and Client to fake SCRAM TLS channel binding. This requires that the attacker is able to position itself between Dovecot and the client connection. If successful, the attacker can eavesdrop communications between Dovecot and client as MITM proxy. Install fixed version. No publicly available exploits are known.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
1News mentions
1- Debian 13.5 point release lands with security fixes, bug patchesHelp Net Security · May 17, 2026