CVE-2026-27855

Publication date 27 March 2026

Last updated 27 March 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

auth: OTP driver vulnerable to replay attack. Dovecot OTP authentication is vulnerable to replay attack under specific conditions. If auth cache is enabled, and username is altered in passdb, then OTP credentials can be cached so that same OTP reply is valid. An attacker able to observe an OTP exchange is able to log in as the user. No publicly available exploits are known.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dovecot 25.10 questing
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable


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