High severity · published Feb 17, 2021
CVE-2021-26911
core/imap/MCIMAPSession.cpp in Canary Mail before 3.22 has Missing SSL Certificate Validation for IMAP in STARTTLS mode
7.4
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
core/imap/MCIMAPSession.cpp in Canary Mail before 3.22 has Missing SSL Certificate Validation for IMAP in STARTTLS mode.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CM
Canary Mail · Canarymail
3.20; 3.21 · source: NVD
MA
Mailcore2 · Libmailcore
0.6.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26911
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26911
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/17/3
Product
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/canary-mail/id1236045954
Exploit
https://census-labs.com/news/2021/02/17/canary-mail-app-missing-certificate-validation-check-on-imap-starttls/
Third Party Advisory
https://census-labs.com/news/category/advisories/
Patch
https://github.com/canarymail/mailcore2/commit/45acb4efbcaa57a20ac5127dc976538671fce018
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/17/3
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