Authenticated mailbox writes via skipped destination ACL
Published Jul 16, 2026 · Updated Jul 16, 2026
Incorrect authorization in Cyrus IMAP before 3.12.3 allows remote authenticated users to write vacation replies into arbitrary mailboxes. The vacation Sieve :fcc path delivers a saved copy without checking the destination mailbox's insert ACL. Exploitation requires an authenticated user able to install a vacation Sieve script and modifies mailbox contents without granted insert permission.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in Cyrus IMAP before 3.12.3 allows remote authenticated users to write vacation replies into arbitrary mailboxes. The vacation Sieve :fcc path delivers a saved copy without checking the destination mailbox's insert ACL. Exploitation requires an authenticated user able to install a vacation Sieve script and modifies mailbox contents without granted insert permission.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-47082
- Published
- Jul 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 16, 2026
- Vendor
- Project Cyrus
- Product
- Cyrus IMAP
- Classifications
- CWE-863, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.12.3
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