CVE-2026-43860

low Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
3.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 88% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: May 4, 2026 (67 days ago)
Last Modified: May 4, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in mutt. During the IMAP CRAM-MD5 (Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message-Digest Algorithm 5) authentication, the password hash is truncated by one byte. This issue could allow a remote attacker to potentially bypass authentication, leading to unauthorized access.

CWE

CWE-193

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com