High severity · published Oct 8, 2026
CVE-2026-107573
Incorrect Default Permissions in hMailServer
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incorrect default permissions in the Windows installer of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.0.0 through 6.3.5 allow a local authenticated user to read the mail server's data. The installer created the data, log, temp, database and event folders and the hMailServer.INI configuration file with the permissions inherited from the installation folder, by default under Program Files, which give the local Users group read access. Any user who can sign in to the computer could read every stored message, the logs, the built-in database with the accounts' password hashes whenever the service is stopped, and the configuration file, including the database password, which is sealed only with the machine's DPAPI key and can be unsealed by any local account; with an external database that password gives full control of it. The Linux AppImage of 6.3.0 through 6.3.5 likewise created its per-user data folders readable by other local users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HM
hMailServer · Progressive Robot Ltd
6.0.0 before 6.3.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107573
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-107573
gitlab.com
https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/work_items/77
gitlab.com
https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/releases/v6.3.6
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