Mailu privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mailu. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-86008. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mailu (affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mailu is a mail server distributed as a set of Docker images. Prior to 8577c929b4ade04d3cd4210cf036601abd793556, a domain manager targeting an administrative account or another domain manager with greater privileges can reset passwords or obtain tokens for that account. This authorization failure allows a domain manager to take over a higher-privileged account and exercise that account's permissions. This vulnerability is addressed by commit 8577c929b4ade04d3cd4210cf036601abd793556.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-86008 since 09/04/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Applying the patch 8577c929b4ade04d3cd4210cf036601abd793556 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Temp Score: 4.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 8577c929b4ade04d3cd4210cf036601abd793556

Timelineinfo

09/04/2026 CVE reserved
10/16/2026 +42 days Advisory disclosed
10/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-86008 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-86008
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-421345

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2026 18:50
Changes: 10/16/2026 18:50 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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