Description
An issue was discovered in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP through 3.12.2. GENURLAUTH-issued tokens can bypass ACLs. Any authenticated user could mint a URLAUTH token (via the GENURLAUTH command) for any mailbox they could name, even without read access on it. This would allow reading mail from mailboxes despite having no granted permissions.
Published: 2026-07-16
Score: 3.5 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title cyrus-imapd: cyrus-imapd: Information disclosure via URLAUTH token bypass of Access Control Lists
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Authenticated Users Can Generate URLAUTH Tokens to Read Unauthorized Mailboxes

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Authenticated Users Can Generate URLAUTH Tokens to Read Unauthorized Mailboxes

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP through 3.12.2. GENURLAUTH-issued tokens can bypass ACLs. Any authenticated user could mint a URLAUTH token (via the GENURLAUTH command) for any mailbox they could name, even without read access on it. This would allow reading mail from mailboxes despite having no granted permissions.
First Time appeared Cyrusimap
Cyrusimap cyrus Imap
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cyrusimap:cyrus_imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cyrusimap
Cyrusimap cyrus Imap
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Cyrusimap Cyrus Imap
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-16T18:47:07.040Z

Reserved: 2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-47086

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T18:46:58.940Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-47086 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-29T02:45:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

  • CWE-863

    Incorrect Authorization