High severity · published Oct 8, 2026
CVE-2026-107579
Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in hMailServer
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Inefficient algorithmic complexity in the bounce and complaint processing of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.3.4 and 6.3.5 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to stop mail delivery by sending messages, when bounce processing or complaint processing is enabled or a mailing list is managed by the server (none is by default). The readers of incoming delivery status notifications (RFC 3464) and abuse feedback reports (RFC 5965) removed the blank lines at the start of the returned headers part two bytes at a time, copying the rest of the part each time, so their work grew with the square of the number of blank lines. A message shaped like such a report, whose headers part begins with a very large number of blank lines within the reader's 2 MB limit, keeps a delivery thread busy for over a minute while it is delivered, and a few such messages a minute keep every delivery thread busy.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HM
hMailServer · Progressive Robot Ltd
6.3.4 before 6.3.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107579
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-107579
gitlab.com
https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/work_items/70
gitlab.com
https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/releases/v6.3.6
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