CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe vulnerability allows an attacker to craft a malicious email header that can cause excessive CPU consumption when the IMAP THREAD command is executed on the affected mailbox, potentially leading to service degradation or denial of service. Organizations using email systems that support IMAP should prioritize this issue, particularly those with high email traffic, to prevent potential disruptions. Monitoring for abnormal CPU usage and updating to a non-vulnerable version are recommended mitigation strategies.
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Original NVD Description
An attacker that can send mail to a user can craft a message header whose values are chosen to collide in an internal hash table, which makes the IMAP THREAD command consume CPU disproportionate to the size of the message. This is a separate issue from CVE-2026-40014 and is not addressed by that fix. Whenever a mail client issues a THREAD command on the affected mailbox, this can cause degradation or denial of service for IMAP. Monitor system for abnormal CPU usage, kill the offending process and remove the offending message from the affected mailbox. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.