CVE-2026-94184 HIGH

CVE-2026-94184: Fetchmail: fetchmail: stack-based buffer overflow in ntlm authentication (fetchmail-sa-2026-01)

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Weakness CWE-121
Published September 21, 2026
Last update September 22, 2026

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in fetchmail when built with NTLM support. A malicious or compromised mail server advertising NTLM authentication can send a crafted Type 2 challenge that causes fetchmail to write past a fixed stack buffer while building the NTLM authenticate response. This may lead to remote code execution depending on stack-frame layout, or to authentication failure or process termination under memory hardening. Affects v5.0.8 through v6.6.6.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 21, 2026 CVE published
September 22, 2026 Record updated