Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2026-10-07 Summary: 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: Dovecot: Denial of Service via IMAP ID command with excessive parameters (CVE-2026-42391) * dovecot: Dovecot: Authentication bypass via incorrect OAuth2 token validation (CVE-2026-73208) * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of service via crafted email headers (CVE-2026-27852) * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service via truncated quoted argument in ManageSieve (CVE-2026-40019) * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service and potential message duplication via connection limit exhaustion (CVE-2026-33263) * dovecot: Dovecot: Denial of Service in ManageSieve login process (CVE-2026-33605) * dovecot: Dovecot: Arbitrary Code Execution via Sieve editheader use-after-free (CVE-2026-42007) * dovecot: Dovecot: MySQL multi-byte escaping wrong (CVE-2026-40018) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * Dovecot crashes when accessing mailbox with: "Panic: file mail-user.c: line 229 (mail_user_deinit): assertion failed: ((*user)->refcount == 1)" (JIRA:AlmaLinux-176273) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-76763.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team