CVE-2008-4578

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.68% (77th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

57 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.1.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the "k" right to create unauthorized "parent/child/child" mailboxes.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

affected products (57)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
dovecot dovecot≤ 1.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 0.99.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 0.99.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.beta1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.beta2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.beta3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.beta4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dovecot dovecot= 1.0.beta5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-10-15modified 2026-06-16

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