CVE-2026-119762
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Axigen Mail Server before 10.5.69, 10.6.x before 10.6.40, and 10.7.x before 10.7.2 contains an unauthenticated denial of service vulnerability caused by unbounded nesting depth when parsing SOAP/XML and JSON request bodies before authentication. Attackers can send a single deeply nested request to WebMail, WebAdmin, or WebMail Proxy listeners to exhaust the stack and crash SMTP, IMAP, POP3, and web services repeatedly.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.7
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-30 18:17:26.957000
Last modified
2026-10-30 19:23:25.493000
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"url": "https://www.axigen.com/kb/show/412",
"source": "[email protected]"
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