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hMailServer EUVDEUVD-2026-107320

| CVE-2026-114477 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-21 GitLab GHSA-p5f5-vqm2-vhg9
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitLab
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with domain-confined credential
  2. Exploit
    Call GET /api/v1/metrics/history
  3. Execution
    Bypass unprotected authorization gate
  4. Impact
    Read server-wide 30-day traffic counters

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires a valid, already-authenticated credential that is CONFINED to named domains - specifically a domain administrator, an account with a role holding view_configuration scoped to named domains (e.g. the auditor role given a domain list), or an API key issued for named domains - plus network reachability of the REST API endpoint GET /api/v1/metrics/history. The flaw is that the metrics route was omitted from the server's authorization gate and its handler was never given the caller, so the confinement the report routes enforce does not apply here. Limiting factors: exploitation is impossible without a provisioned confined credential (PR:L, not unauthenticated), there is no user-interaction or propagation vector, and the disclosure is bounded to aggregate server-wide traffic counters over the last 30 days - no message content, account data, or configuration beyond those counters is exposed.

Impact

This is a low-to-moderate priority information-disclosure issue, not an urgent threat. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/C:L/I:N/A:N) reflects a network-reachable but authenticated flaw with only limited confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability effect. No EPSS probability was supplied in the input, there is no CISA KEV listing (not confirmed actively exploited), and no public exploit code was identified - so all three exploitation signals point low and none contradict the modest CVSS. The SSVC-style read is: exploitation = none observed, automatable = likely no (requires a pre-provisioned confined credential and offers no propagation), technical impact = partial. The signals are consistent rather than conflicting: a genuine authorization gap (CWE-862) that leaks only aggregate, server-wide traffic counters - not messages, credentials, or account data - to a caller who already holds a valid (if domain-confined) credential. The realistic consequence is an authenticated domain administrator or auditor learning the whole server's 30-day traffic totals instead of just their own domains', a tenant-isolation / least-privilege violation of operational metadata rather than a path to compromise.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A multi-tenant hMailServer host issues a domain administrator (or an auditor-role account or API key) a credential scoped to only certain named domains. That user authenticates to the REST API and issues GET /api/v1/metrics/history, receiving the server's aggregate 30-day traffic counters across all domains rather than being refused as the report routes would refuse them. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis; exploitation is a single authenticated API call with low attack complexity (AC:L).

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

hMailServer 6.2.25 through 6.3.6 exposes server-wide REST traffic counters to domain-confined authenticated users because GET /api/v1/metrics/history bypasses the authorization gate used by report routes. A domain administrator, an auditor role scoped to selected domains, or an API key limited to named domains can read 30-day aggregate traffic history for the entire server, though no message content, account data, or configuration beyond those counters is disclosed. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the issue is assessed as a low-to-moderate priority information-disclosure flaw, not an urgent threat.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade to hMailServer 6.3.7, as indicated by the vendor release reference https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/releases/v6.3.7; the tracking work item is https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/work_items/96. If immediate upgrade is not possible, block or restrict GET /api/v1/metrics/history at a reverse proxy, WAF, or firewall so that only trusted administrative source addresses can reach it; the trade-off is that legitimate monitoring or API integrations relying on that endpoint will break. Also limit REST API exposure to management networks, and review or avoid issuing confined credentials and API keys with view_configuration or domain-administrator roles until patched; the trade-off is reduced delegated administration and remote API access. Rotate any confined API keys that may have queried the endpoint, since the disclosed data is aggregate server-wide traffic history.

Affected VersionsENISA

hMailServer 6.2.25 ≤6.3.6

Affected Packages

euvd hmailserver no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

hMailServer is a Windows-based mail server whose REST API includes a metrics endpoint, GET /api/v1/metrics/history, that returns server-wide traffic counters for the last 30 days. The root cause is CWE-862 Missing Authorization: the metrics route was omitted from the server's authorization gate, and its handler was not passed the caller identity, so the domain-confinement checks enforced on report routes do not apply. The disclosed data is aggregate operational traffic history with no domain dimension, not message or account content. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:progressive_robot_ltd:hmailserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version and should be matched against the vendor advisory range 6.2.25 through 6.3.6. Although public tagging refers to authentication bypass, the assessed vector requires a valid confined credential (PR:L), so the issue is more precisely an authorization-scope bypass.

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Severity by source

Vendor (GitLab) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Remote REST call (AV:N, AC:L) by a user holding a domain-confined credential (PR:L, no UI); only aggregate counters leak, so C:L and I/A:N, scope unchanged.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (GitLab).

CVSS VectorVendor: GitLab

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Missing authorization in the REST metrics route of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.2.25 through 6.3.6 allows a remote authenticated user whose credential is confined to named domains to read the server-wide traffic history. GET /api/v1/metrics/history returns the server's traffic counters over the last 30 days; those counters are server-wide and carry no domain, which is why the report routes already refuse the same counters to a credential confined to named domains. The metrics route was not among the routes the server's authorization gate refuses a confined credential and its handler was not given the caller, so a domain administrator, an account given another role that holds view_configuration in named domains (the auditor role given a domain list among them), or an API key issued for named domains could read the whole server's traffic totals rather than its own domains'. The disclosure is of aggregate operational counters, not of any message or account.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular free open-source Windows mail server, mostly SMB/self-hosted footprint
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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