Issued at: 2026-05-06
Updated at: 2026-05-20
Synopsis
Important: dovecot security update
Description
Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, written primarily with security in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server, and supports e-mail in either the maildir or mbox format. The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are provided as subpackages.
Security Fix(es):
* dovecot: ManageSieve: Denial of Service via crafted SASL initial response in AUTHENTICATE command (CVE-2025-59032)
* dovecot: denial of service via crafted message before authentication (CVE-2026-27858)
* dovecot: denial of service via specially crafted NOOP command (CVE-2026-27857)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.