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CVE-2016-8652

5.9 mediumEPSS 48%

The auth component in Dovecot before 2.2.27, when auth-policy is configured, allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by aborting authentication without setting a username.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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