Unicode Subject Tags
Priority LOW 39CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway before version 15.0.3 allows an attacker to bypass subject sanitization and forge security tags using Unicode lookalike characters.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00216 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Secure Email Gateway (SEPPmail): 15.0.3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Secure Email Gateway (SEPPmail) Fixed in 15.0.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway 15.0.3
14 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 12 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-23281 S/MIME Decryption ImpersonationPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-23277 GINA State Confusion Account TakeoverPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-23279 Bounded Subject Tag SanitizationPriority LOW 39
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-29144
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vc5m-vgvg-698r
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
More SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-23281 S/MIME Decryption Impersonation CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-23277 GINA State Confusion Account Takeover CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-23279 Bounded Subject Tag Sanitization CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
- TI-2026-23278 S/MIME Signature Additional Certificate CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
- TI-2026-23270 ESWmail-Verify Bypass CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-23276 PGP Decryption Sender LDAP Injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-29144 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-29144 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vc5m-vgvg-698r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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