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TI-2026-69572 Aliases CVE-2026-107584

hMailServer Fails Open on DANE Validation Errors

Priority LOW 33CWE-636Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.0.0 through 6.3.5 fails open when applying DANE (RFC 7672) to outbound SMTP delivery. When a TLSA or MX lookup fails, lacks proof of absence, or returns unsigned records, the validating DNSSEC resolver treats the recipient domain as unsigned. From 6.2.19, it also delivers to mail exchangers from an unvalidated MX lookup that the validated MX set does not name. An attacker who can drop, forge or strip DNS answers and holds an active position on the SMTP path can disable DANE for a DNSSEC-signed recipient domain, causing cleartext delivery or delivery to a host with an arbitrary certificate, where messages can be read and modified.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.0.0 through 6.3.5 fails open when applying DANE (RFC 7672) to outbound SMTP delivery. The server's validating DNSSEC resolver treated a TLSA or MX lookup that did not complete (no answer, SERVFAIL, a malformed reply), an answer without the requested records and without an NSEC/NSEC3 proof of their absence, and an answer whose records carried no applicable RRSIG as if the recipient domain were unsigned, and from 6.2.19 it also delivered to mail exchangers taken from an unvalidated MX lookup that the DNSSEC-validated MX record set did not name. An attacker who can drop, forge or strip DNS answers on the path to the server's resolver, at the resolver, or between the resolver and the recipient domain's name servers, and who holds an active position on the SMTP path, can thereby disable DANE for a DNSSEC-signed recipient domain and cause messages to be delivered in cleartext or to a host of the attacker's choosing with an arbitrary certificate, where they can be read and modified.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00151 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed hMailServer (Progressive Robot Ltd): 6.3.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Progressive Robot LtdhMailServer6.0.0 to before 6.3.66.3.6Patch availableCNA
  • hMailServer VendorProgressive Robot Ltd Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.3.6 Fixed in 6.3.6 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Upgrade hMailServer to 6.3.6 or later, which fixes the issue.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA hMailServer (Progressive Robot Ltd) Fixed in 6.3.6

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.3.6

    23 records Highest priority Priority LOW 23 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-69567 Inefficient processing in hMailServer stalls mail deliveryPriority LOW 39
    • TI-2026-69565 Infinite loop in hMailServer MIME handling lets attackers stop mailPriority LOW 39
    • TI-2026-69564 Inefficient DKIM and ARC checks in hMailServer cause denial of servicePriority LOW 39
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107584
  2. 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

Other 2

  • TI-2026-64884 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection') in hMailServer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-76418 Unchecked loop limit in hMailServer lets remote attackers stop mail CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-69567 Inefficient processing in hMailServer stalls mail delivery CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-69565 Infinite loop in hMailServer MIME handling lets attackers stop mail CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-69564 Inefficient DKIM and ARC checks in hMailServer cause denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-69562 Inefficient JSON parsing in hMailServer lets attackers halt mail CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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