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CVE-2026-40685
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-04-30T22:16:25.633 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:45:34.323

Summary

In Exim before 4.99.2, when JSON lookup is enabled, an out-of-bounds heap write can occur when a JSON operator encounters malformed JSON in an untrusted header, because of an incorrect implementation of \ skipping.

Affected products

exim — exim

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References

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