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CVE-2008-1218

Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
10 Mar 2008
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
7.3% in the next 30 daysHigher than 94% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
CWE-255
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
DovecotServers and applications · cpe:a:dovecot:dovecot
  • Every version up to 1.0.12
  • Every version up to 1.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1218
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1218