CVE-2021-29157

Dovecot before 2.3.15 allows ../ Path Traversal. An attacker with access to the local filesystem can trick OAuth2 authentication into using an HS256 validation key from an attacker-controlled location. This occurs during use of local JWT validation with the posix fs driver.

• CWE-22

• https://dovecot.org/securityVendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JB2VTJ3G2ILYWH5Y2FTY2PUHT2MD6VMI/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TK424DWFO2TKJYXZ2H3XL633TYJL4GQN/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-41Third Party Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/28/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://dovecot.org/securityVendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JB2VTJ3G2ILYWH5Y2FTY2PUHT2MD6VMI/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TK424DWFO2TKJYXZ2H3XL633TYJL4GQN/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-41Third Party Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/28/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jun 28, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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