Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Maddy Mail Server versions before 0.9.3 are vulnerable in the auth.ldap module, which builds LDAP search filters and DN strings from the username without escaping. An attacker who can reach the SMTP submission (AUTH PLAIN) or IMAP LOGIN interface can inject LDAP filter expressions through the username, enabling identity spoofing, directory enumeration, and attribute extraction. Upgrade to maddy 0.9.3.
Not analysed yet
We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.
Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0043, the 37th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:07 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:07 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-5835-4gvc-32pc
- OSV: GHSA-5835-4gvc-32pc
- github.com/foxcpp/maddy/security/advisories/GHSA-5835-4gvc-32pc
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40193
- github.com/foxcpp/maddy/commit/6a06337eb41fa87a35697366bcb71c3c962c44ba
- github.com/foxcpp/maddy
- github.com/foxcpp/maddy/releases/tag/v0.9.3