Cyrus SASL through 2.1.28 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the SRP server mechanism because srp_server_mech_step2 does not reject client public values A that are multiples of N. Unauthenticated network clients can send A equal to N to force a zero shared secret, authenticating as any existing user without the password and learning session keys.
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| Description | Cyrus SASL through 2.1.28 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the SRP server mechanism because srp_server_mech_step2 does not reject client public values A that are multiples of N. Unauthenticated network clients can send A equal to N to force a zero shared secret, authenticating as any existing user without the password and learning session keys. | |
| Title | Cyrus SASL through 2.1.28 SRP Authentication Bypass via plugins/srp.c | |
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Cyrusimap
Cyrusimap cyrus-sasl |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-287 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:cyrusimap:cyrus-sasl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Cyrusimap
Cyrusimap cyrus-sasl |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-15T13:47:23.552Z
Reserved: 2026-11-15T13:41:10.001Z
Link: CVE-2026-129483
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-15T14:17:27.530
Modified: 2026-11-15T14:17:27.530
Link: CVE-2026-129483
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