An issue was discovered in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP through 3.12.2. The LOCALDELETE command bypassed ACL checks. An authenticated but non-admin user could invoke the admin-only LOCALDELETE IMAP command and delete mailboxes for which they had no permissions.
History

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title cyrus-imapd: Cyrus IMAP: Unauthorized mailbox deletion via ACL bypass
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP through 3.12.2. The LOCALDELETE command bypassed ACL checks. An authenticated but non-admin user could invoke the admin-only LOCALDELETE IMAP command and delete mailboxes for which they had no permissions.
First Time appeared Cyrusimap
Cyrusimap cyrus Imap
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cyrusimap:cyrus_imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cyrusimap
Cyrusimap cyrus Imap
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-07-16T18:53:38.575Z

Reserved: 2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-47084

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T18:53:31.106Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-47084 - Bugzilla