CVE-2026-40687

Medium

Description

In Exim before 4.99.2, when the SPA authentication driver is used with an adversarial SPA resource, there can be an out-of-bounds write that crashes the connection instance, or erroneous data processing that divulges data from uninitialized heap memory.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.8
Exploit probability—
ProductExim
PublishedApr 30, 2026
First seenApr 30, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-909CWE-909

How to fix

Update
  • exim exim4.99.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
exim eximv < 4.99.24.99.2

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