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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-45185
PUBLISHED
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Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-12 May, 2026 | 00:00
Updated At-12 May, 2026 | 20:08
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Exim before 4.99.3, in certain GnuTLS configurations, has a remotely reachable use-after-free in the BDAT body parsing path. It is triggered when a client sends a TLS close_notify mid-body during a CHUNKING transfer, followed by a final cleartext byte on the same TCP connection. This can lead to heap corruption. An unauthenticated network attacker exploiting this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code.

Affected Products
Vendor
EximExim
Product
Exim
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 4.97 before 4.99.3 (custom)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-416CWE-416 Use After Free
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-416
Description: CWE-416 Use After Free
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.19.8CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version: 3.1
Base score: 9.8
Base severity: CRITICAL
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
HyperlinkResource
https://exim.org
N/A
https://code.exim.org/exim/wiki/wiki/EximSecurity
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https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2026-45185.txt
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https://xbow.com/blog/dead-letter-cve-2026-45185-xbow-found-rce-exim
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111748
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/4
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https://exim.org/static/doc/security/EXIM-Security-2026-05-01.1/
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Hyperlink: https://exim.org
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Hyperlink: https://code.exim.org/exim/wiki/wiki/EximSecurity
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Hyperlink: https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2026-45185.txt
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Hyperlink: https://xbow.com/blog/dead-letter-cve-2026-45185-xbow-found-rce-exim
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111748
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/4
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Hyperlink: https://exim.org/static/doc/security/EXIM-Security-2026-05-01.1/
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