Exim before 4.100.1, when certain non-default TLS settings are used with GnuTLS, has a use-after-free.
Priority LOW 24CWE-416Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Exim before 4.100.1, when certain non-default TLS settings are used with GnuTLS, has a use-after-free.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00286 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Exim (Exim): 4.100.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 Exim (Exim) Fixed in 4.100.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Exim 4.100.1
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-63293 Use of uninitialized resource in EximPriority LOW 32
- TI-2026-63291 Exim before 4.100.1, when Proxy-Protocol is used with an attacker-controlled proxy, has an out-of-bounds write.Priority LOW 30
- TI-2026-63294 Exim before 4.100.1 allows SMTP smuggling in which the received message does not match…Priority LOW 23
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94055
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jpgj-v2p6-hc2c
- 2026-11-01 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More Exim vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-12627 Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-07471 OS command injection in exim KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-04965 An issue was discovered in the base64d function in the SMTP listener in Exim before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2010-04077 Heap-based buffer overflow in the string_vformat function in string.c in Exim before 4.70… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2010-04078 Exim 4.72 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-19707 SQL injection in Exim CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-94055 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-94055 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jpgj-v2p6-hc2c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-94055 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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