Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-40016
CVE-2026-40016
Description
Attacker can upload a malicious Sieve script over ManageSieve service (or locally) to bypass configured CPU time limits for Sieve up to 130 times of the configured limit. Attacker can use this to degrade server performance and bypass configured CPU time limits for Sieve scripts. Install fixed version, or alternatively prevent direct access to Sieve scripts via ManageSieve or local access. No publicly available exploits are known.
Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.4.4
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/dovecot24&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/dovecot24&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/dovecot24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/dovecot24&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0
< 2.4.4-160000.1.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-160000.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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