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CVE-2026-40685

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CVE-2026-40685

Published: Apr 30, 2026

Modified: May 1, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

In Exim before 4.99.2, when JSON lookup is enabled, an out-of-bounds heap write can occur when a JSON operator encounters malformed JSON in an untrusted header, because of an incorrect implementation of \ skipping.

VendorProductVersions

Exim

Exim

affected
0 - < 4.99.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

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