VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-29157

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

Dovecot before 2.3.15 allows ../ Path Traversal. An attacker with access to the local filesystem can trick OAuth2 authentication into using an HS256 validation key from an attacker-controlled location. This occurs during use of local JWT validation with the posix fs driver.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Primary references