Dovecot 2.4.0 < 2.4.2 Improper Access Control Vulnerability
🗓️ 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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| CVE-2025-30189 | 31 Oct 202509:02 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2025-30189 | 31 Oct 202509:02 | – | alpinelinux | |
| CVE-2025-30189 | 29 Oct 202516:47 | – | circl | |
| Open-Xchange OX Dovecot Pro 安全漏洞 | 31 Oct 202500:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2025-30189 | 31 Oct 202509:02 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2025-30189 | 31 Oct 202509:02 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2025-30189 | 31 Oct 202509:02 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2025-37318 | 31 Oct 202509:02 | – | euvd | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 43 Update: dovecot-2.4.1-6.fc43 | 25 Oct 202521:20 | – | fedora | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 43 Update: dovecot-2.4.1-8.fc43 | 22 Nov 202501:37 | – | fedora |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:dovecot:dovecot";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124597");
script_version("2025-12-09T05:47:47+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-09 05:47:47 +0000 (Tue, 09 Dec 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-12-04 07:21:17 +0000 (Thu, 04 Dec 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-30189");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Dovecot 2.4.0 < 2.4.2 Improper Access Control Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_dovecot_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("dovecot/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dovecot is prone to an improper access control
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"When cache is enabled, some `passdb/userdb` drivers incorrectly
cache all users with same cache key, causing wrong cached information to be used for these users.
After cached login, all subsequent logins are for same user.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dovecot version 2.4.0 prior to 2.4.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.4.2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/29/4");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2025/oxdc-adv-2025-0001.json");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "2.4.0", test_version2: "2.4.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.4.2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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09 Dec 2025 00:00Current
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CVSS 3.17.4
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