Roundcube Webmail GD fallback skips memory check during thumbnail generation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Roundcube Webmail from 1.6.0 before 1.6.20 and from 1.7.0 before 1.7.5 is affected. When thumbnail generation falls back to GD, the available-memory check runs only on Windows, so a crafted image with large dimensions can exhaust server memory on other platforms. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this without user interaction, causing memory exhaustion (CWE-770).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Description from the CNA
Roundcube Webmail before 1.6.20 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 allows the ImageMagick resource limits to be bypassed during thumbnail generation. When rcube_image falls back to GD, the available-memory check was applied only on Windows, so on other platforms a crafted image with large dimensions was processed by GD without any resource limit and could exhaust server memory. Upstream fixed this in the commit “Fix ImageMagick resource limits bypass by GD fallback during thumbnail generation”, which applies the memory check on all platforms.
Why it matters now
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
Upgrade Roundcube Webmail to version 1.6.20 or 1.7.5. The fix applies the memory check on all platforms.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
- Fix · CNA Webmail (Roundcube) Fixed in 1.6.20, 1.7.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Roundcube Webmail — roundcube.net/news/2026/10/19/security-updates-1.6.20-and-1…
20 records Highest priority Priority LOW 20 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-79180 Server-side request forgery filter bypass in Roundcube WebmailPriority LOW 38
- TI-2026-79177 Roundcube Webmail passes unsafe SVG and EPS content to ImageMagickPriority LOW 38
- TI-2026-79182 Improper authentication in Roundcube Webmail multi-host alias loginsPriority LOW 37
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-22 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-114723
- 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-f843-mx73-628v
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-02 CVSS score added · NVD
References
Patch 4
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/d28a5703294e971a577e3c4f7bfc33362e3f04cf
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.7.5
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.20
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/0bea81121efd96f07432a837f391dbdd0dffa33f
More Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-31204 Deserialization of untrusted data in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2021-19778 Roundcube before 1.3.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 is prone to a potential SQL injection via search or search_params. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10051 rcube_image.php in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28025 A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2017-12250 Roundcube Webmail before 1.1.10, 1.2.x before 1.2.7, and 1.3.x before 1.3.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-41994 Cross-site scripting in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-114723 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-114723 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f843-mx73-628v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-114723 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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