Authenticated mailbox metadata disclosure via Sieve oracle
Published Sep 9, 2026 · Updated Sep 10, 2026
Information disclosure in Cyrus IMAP 3.11.0 through 3.12.3 allows remote authenticated users to probe private mailboxes via Sieve. The same flaw affects versions before 3.8.8 and 3.9.0 through 3.10.3; during LMTP delivery, the Sieve engine exposes mailbox or shared-annotation lookup results through the fileinto branch that fires. Reaching the oracle requires a valid account, permission to install a Sieve script, and LMTP delivery; it reveals mailbox existence or annotation values without message contents.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Cyrus IMAP 3.11.0 through 3.12.3 allows remote authenticated users to probe private mailboxes via Sieve. The same flaw affects versions before 3.8.8 and 3.9.0 through 3.10.3; during LMTP delivery, the Sieve engine exposes mailbox or shared-annotation lookup results through the fileinto branch that fires. Reaching the oracle requires a valid account, permission to install a Sieve script, and LMTP delivery; it reveals mailbox existence or annotation values without message contents.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-61911
- Published
- Sep 9, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Project Cyrus
- Product
- Cyrus IMAP
- Classifications
- CWE-497, CAPEC-170, CAPEC-694, T1087.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 9, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.8.8
- Affected versionversion=3.11.0 <3.12.4
- Affected versionversion=3.9.0 <3.10.4
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