OXDC-ADV-2025-0001

Metadata

  • Document type: OX Dovecot Pro Security Advisory
  • Publisher: Open-Xchange GmbH
  • Classification: TLP:GREEN
  • Publication Date: 2025-10-31
  • Current version: 5
  • Version status: Final
  • Aggregate severity: High

References

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-30189: v2.4 regression: auth cache broken with several passdb / userdb

  • CVE reference: CVE-2025-30189open in new window
  • Internal reference: DOV-7830
  • CWE: CWE-1250 (Improper Preservation of Consistency Between Independent Representations of Shared State)
  • Discovery date: 2025-07-25
  • Researcher credits: Erik <erik@broadlux.com>

Description

When cache is enabled, some passdb/userdb drivers incorrectly cache all users with same cache key, causing wrong cached information to be used for these users.

Product status

Last affected
ProductsCVSS-VectorCVSS Base Score
OX Dovecot Pro core 2.4.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N7.4

Threats

Impact

After cached login, all subsequent logins are for same user.

Exploit status

No publicly available exploits are known.

Remediation

Vendor fix (2025-10-29)
For products
  • OX Dovecot Pro core 2.4.2

Install fixed version or disable caching either globally or for the impacted passdb/userdb drivers.