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CVE-2026-35541 json

Roundcube Webmail: Incorrect password comparison in the password plugin

published 7mo ago modified 3mo ago also GHSA-46pv-mj2g-93gh , EUVD-2026-18585

cvss
4.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.14 and 1.6.14. Incorrect password comparison in the password plugin could lead to type confusion that allows a password change without knowing the old password.

Patch / fix

  • packagist roundcube/roundcubemail 1.7-rc5
  • Roundcube Webmail 1.5.14, 1.6.14
  • roundcube Debian 12 1.6.5+dfsg-1+deb12u8
  • roundcube Debian 13 1.6.15+dfsg-0+deb13u1
  • roundcube Debian 14 1.6.14+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35541

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-35541 updated cvss 8.1

roundcubemail: Roundcube Webmail: Unauthorized password change due to type confusion vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
7mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist roundcube/roundcubemail
>=1.7-beta, <1.7-rc5
1.7-rc5

Affected products

  • Roundcube Webmail

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type

References

Sources

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