CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-107567

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

hMailServer 6.0.0 through 6.3.6 signs every message on its first delivery pass with the DKIM key of the hosted domain named in the From header, without checking the message origin or sender authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker can therefore send a message with a forged From address at a hosted domain, have it signed with that domain's valid DKIM key, and upon forwarding (forward, alias, list, rule) have it pass DKIM and DMARC at external receivers.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can impersonate any domain hosted on the server and send messages that pass DKIM/DMARC, enabling phishing in the organization's name, domain reputation damage, and DMARC policy bypass. Exploitation requires DKIM signing enabled for the hosted domain and a forwarding mechanism delivering mail to an external address.

Recommendation

Upgrade hMailServer to a version later than 6.3.6; until then, consider disabling DKIM signing for hosted domains or restricting forwarding to external addresses. Review SmtpAuthenticatedSenderCheck configuration and audit forward/alias/list rules for uncontrolled outbound mail.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Use of a less trusted source in the DKIM signing of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.0.0 through 6.3.6 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to have mail they write signed with the DKIM key of a domain the server hosts, so that it passes DKIM and DMARC for that domain at other receivers. With DKIM signing enabled for a hosted domain, the server signed every message on its first delivery pass as the domain named in its From header, before local delivery, whatever the message's origin and without checking that its sender had authenticated. A sender anywhere could therefore send the server, as ordinary inbound mail, a message whose From is any address at such a domain, and the server signed it with that domain's key. Every copy the server then sent on to an address outside carried a valid signature aligned with the forged From, whatever the domain's DMARC policy: an account's forward, a mail rule's forward or copy, a Sieve redirect, an alias or distribution list with an outside member, the mirror copy, a managed-list or journal copy, or a message released from quarantine. A signed copy can also be re-sent to other recipients while the domain's key is unchanged. Exploitation needs DKIM signing to be enabled for the hosted domain (it is off until configured) and, for the forgery to leave the server, a forward, alias, list or rule that carries the domain's mail to an outside address. The signer likewise signed a message submitted over authenticated SMTP as whatever hosted domain its From header named, a header authenticated SMTP does not hold to the submitting account, so that an account of one hosted domain could have mail written in the name of another hosted domain signed with that domain's key; this mattered where the server holds signed-in senders to their own envelope addresses (SmtpAuthenticatedSenderCheck, off by default), as the signature was then the remaining way for such mail to pass the other domain's DMARC policy.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS