CVE-2026-33603

NameCVE-2026-33603
DescriptionAttacker 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-6313-1
Debian Bugs1136444

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
dovecot (PTS)bullseye1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)1:2.3.13+dfsg1-2+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u5vulnerable
bookworm (security)1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u6fixed
trixie1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u5vulnerable
trixie (security)1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u6fixed
forky, sid1:2.4.4+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
dovecotsourcebookworm1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u6DSA-6313-1
dovecotsourcetrixie1:2.4.1+dfsg1-6+deb13u6DSA-6313-1
dovecotsource(unstable)1:2.4.4+dfsg1-11136444

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/6
Fixed by: https://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/c1c53885bda550632b944dd305013cd010e0e058 (2.4.4)

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