CVE-2026-85751

Critical

Description

Mailu is a mail server distributed as a set of Docker images. From Mailu 2.0 until 2024.06.55 and prior to Mailu helm-charts 2.7.3, deployments with PROXY_AUTH_WHITELIST configured but REAL_IP_HEADER unset trusted a client-controlled X-Forwarded-By header for header-based proxy authentication. The proxy_hide_header directive in the nginx template at core/nginx/conf/proxy.conf hid the header from upstream responses but did not overwrite the incoming request value in this configuration. An unauthenticated remote attacker could therefore spoof the trusted proxy identity and bypass authentication. This issue is fixed in Mailu 2024.06.55 and Mailu helm-charts 2.7.3.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMailu
PublishedSep 21, 2026
First seenSep 21, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Mailu Mailu>= 2.0.0, < 2024.06.55—
Mailu helm-charts< 2.7.3—

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CVE-2026-85751 · Mailu · Dark Radar