SUSE-SU-2026:21208-1: important: Security update for dovecot24

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# Security update for dovecot24

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21208-1  
Release Date: 2026-04-16T13:10:27Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1260893
  * bsc#1260894
  * bsc#1260895
  * bsc#1260896
  * bsc#1260897
  * bsc#1260898
  * bsc#1260899
  * bsc#1260900
  * bsc#1260901
  * bsc#1260902

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-59028
  * CVE-2025-59031
  * CVE-2025-59032
  * CVE-2026-24031
  * CVE-2026-27855
  * CVE-2026-27856
  * CVE-2026-27857
  * CVE-2026-27858
  * CVE-2026-27859
  * CVE-2026-27860

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-59028 ( SUSE ):  5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2025-59028 ( NVD ):  5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2025-59031 ( SUSE ):  6.9
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2025-59031 ( SUSE ):  4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2025-59031 ( NVD ):  4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2025-59032 ( SUSE ):  8.7
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2025-59032 ( SUSE ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2025-59032 ( NVD ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-24031 ( SUSE ):  9.2
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-24031 ( SUSE ):  7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
  * CVE-2026-24031 ( NVD ):  7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
  * CVE-2026-27855 ( SUSE ):  7.6
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-27855 ( SUSE ):  6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  * CVE-2026-27855 ( NVD ):  6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  * CVE-2026-27856 ( SUSE ):  9.1
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-27856 ( SUSE ):  7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  * CVE-2026-27856 ( NVD ):  7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  * CVE-2026-27857 ( SUSE ):  6.9
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-27857 ( SUSE ):  4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2026-27857 ( NVD ):  4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2026-27858 ( SUSE ):  8.7
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-27858 ( SUSE ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-27858 ( NVD ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-27859 ( SUSE ):  6.9
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-27859 ( SUSE ):  5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2026-27859 ( NVD ):  5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2026-27860 ( SUSE ):  6.3
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-27860 ( SUSE ):  3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2026-27860 ( NVD ):  3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

  
  
An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for dovecot24 fixes the following issues:

  * Update to v2.4.3
  * CVE-2025-59028: Invalid base64 authentication can cause DoS for other logins
    (bsc#1260894).
  * CVE-2025-59031: decode2text.sh OOXML extraction may follow symlinks and read
    unintended files during indexing (bsc#1260895).
  * CVE-2025-59032: pigeonhole: ManageSieve panic occurs with sieve-connect as a
    client (bsc#1260902).
  * CVE-2026-24031: SQL injection possible if auth_username_chars is configured
    empty. Fixed escaping to always happen. v2.4 regression (bsc#1260896).
  * CVE-2026-27855: OTP driver vulnerable to replay attack (bsc#1260900).
  * CVE-2026-27856: Doveadm credentials were not checked using timing-safe
    checking function (bsc#1260899).
  * CVE-2026-27857: sending excessive parenthesis causes imap-login to use
    excessive memory (bsc#1260898).
  * CVE-2026-27858: pigeonhole: managesieve-login can allocate large amount of
    memory during authentication (bsc#1260901).
  * CVE-2026-27859: excessive RFC 2231 MIME parameters in email would can
    excessive CPU usage (bsc#1260897).
  * CVE-2026-27860: LDAP query injection possible if auth_username_chars is
    configured empty. Fixed escaping to always happen. v2.4 regression
    (bsc#1260893).

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-577=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-577=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * dovecot24-fts-solr-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-fts-solr-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-debugsource-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-mysql-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-pgsql-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-sqlite-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-devel-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-fts-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-pgsql-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-fts-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-mysql-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-sqlite-2.4.3-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * dovecot24-fts-solr-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-fts-solr-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-debugsource-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-mysql-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-pgsql-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-sqlite-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-devel-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-fts-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-pgsql-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-debuginfo-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-fts-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-mysql-2.4.3-160000.1.1
    * dovecot24-backend-sqlite-2.4.3-160000.1.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59028.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59031.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59032.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24031.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27855.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27856.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27857.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27858.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27859.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27860.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260893
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260894
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260895
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260896
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260897
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260898
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260899
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260900
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260901
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260902

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