5.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-107575
Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in hMailServer
Description

Inefficient algorithmic complexity in the SPF macro expansion of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.3.4 and 6.3.5 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to consume worker-thread time by publishing a crafted SPF record. RFC 7208 section 7.1 requires a name too long to look up to lose whole labels from the left; the server did this by removing one label at a time and copying the rest of the name each time, so the work grew with the square of the expansion. An attacker who publishes an SPF record for a domain they control, with a mechanism whose domain-spec expands through macros to a name far longer than 253 characters, makes the SPF check of a message from that domain take several seconds. The expansion is bounded by SPF's own per-term and per-macro limits, so the loss of availability is partial.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 8, 2026, 12:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 8, 2026, 12:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM ceab7361-8a18-47b1-92ba-4d7d25f6715a
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update hMailServer to a version that fixes inefficient SPF macro expansion and prevents DoS.
  • Update hMailServer to the latest version.
  • Apply vendor patches or security advisories.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/releases/v6.3.6
https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/work_items/74
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 08, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Inefficient algorithmic complexity in the SPF macro expansion of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.3.4 and 6.3.5 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to consume worker-thread time by publishing a crafted SPF record. RFC 7208 section 7.1 requires a name too long to look up to lose whole labels from the left; the server did this by removing one label at a time and copying the rest of the name each time, so the work grew with the square of the expansion. An attacker who publishes an SPF record for a domain they control, with a mechanism whose domain-spec expands through macros to a name far longer than 253 characters, makes the SPF check of a message from that domain take several seconds. The expansion is bounded by SPF's own per-term and per-macro limits, so the loss of availability is partial.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CWE CWE-407
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/107xxx/CVE-2026-107575.json">CVE-2026-107575</a>
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/releases/v6.3.6
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/work_items/74
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