CVE-2026-33603
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-33603, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-05-12

Last updated on: 2026-05-18

Assigner: Open-Xchange

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.

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Published
2026-05-12
Last Modified
2026-05-18
Generated
2026-06-30
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-28
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Affected Vendors & Products

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Vendor Product Version / Range
dovecot dovecot to 2.4.4 (exc)
open-xchange dovecot to 3.1.5 (exc)

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CWE-99 The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control.

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