Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to OVH mail with valid account
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ExploitForge Envelope-from and From as target OVH domain
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ExecutionPass SPF validation via include:mx.ovh.com
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ImpactDeliver spoofed email to recipients for phishing/BEC
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration Secure default settings
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a valid, authenticated OVH email account (PR:L) with access to OVH's outbound SMTP servers. The spoofing succeeds specifically against OVH-hosted recipient domains whose DNS uses OVH's default SPF record containing include:mx.ovh.com, because that record authorizes the shared mx.ovh.com infrastructure for every such domain. Limiting factors: exploitation is constrained to domains relying on this default/shared SPF configuration, and the practical impact is reduced for victim domains that enforce DMARC with DKIM alignment, since a passing SPF check on a shared relay does not satisfy From-header alignment - only SPF-only or misaligned-DMARC domains are fully spoofable. |
| Impact | This is a real but moderate, bounded risk rather than a critical priority. The CVSS 4.0 score of 6.3 (Medium) is driven entirely by subsequent-system integrity impact (SI:H) with no confidentiality, availability, or vulnerable-system impact (VC:N/VI:N/VA:N) - correctly reflecting that this is an email sender-spoofing/authentication-bypass flaw, not a data-exposure or code-execution issue. The vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) shows network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation that still requires a valid authenticated OVH account (PR:L), which meaningfully limits the attacker pool to anyone who can register/hold any OVH mailbox. Notably, the input CVSS 4.0 vector includes E:A (Exploitation: Attacked), which suggests the vendor/reporter believes exploitation has been observed; however, there is no CISA KEV entry and no POC flag in the provided data, so per analysis rules this is treated as 'no public exploit identified' while flagging the E:A/KEV discrepancy. No EPSS score was provided, so widespread-exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The 'Information Disclosure' tag conflicts with the CVSS impact profile (VC:N, SI:H), indicating the tag is mislabeled - this is a spoofing/integrity issue, not disclosure. Net: a credible cross-domain spoofing/phishing-enablement weakness worth remediating, but its impact is further constrained by whether victim domains enforce DMARC with DKIM alignment, which would blunt From-header forgery even when SPF passes. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers or obtains any valid OVH email account, authenticates to OVH's SMTP servers, and sends messages with a forged 'From' and 'Envelope-from' set to a victim OVH-hosted domain (e.g. billing@victim-company.fr). Because the victim domain's default SPF record authorizes mx.ovh.com, the forged mail passes SPF validation and lands as apparently-legitimate, enabling convincing phishing or business-email-compromise. No public exploit code is identified, and the technique requires only standard authenticated SMTP, so no special tooling is needed. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026
Email spoofing is possible through OVHcloud's shared mail servers, allowing any authenticated OVH email user to forge the sender address to impersonate any OVH-hosted domain that uses the default SPF record include:mx.ovh.com. This vulnerability affects OVHcloud's email service and is assessed as a moderate, bounded risk because exploitation requires a valid account and is mitigated by DMARC with DKIM alignment. The issue stems from an insecure default SPF configuration that authorizes the shared mx.ovh.com infrastructure for all domains using the default record.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch is specified in the available data. Domain owners should update their SPF records to remove 'include:mx.ovh.com' and implement DMARC with DKIM alignment to prevent spoofing. OVHcloud customers can follow the guidance in the referenced troubleshooting guide at https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/web-cloud/email-and-collaborative-solutions/troubleshooting/email-rejected-cross-domain-spoofing. OVHcloud should consider changing the default SPF policy to avoid authorizing the shared mail infrastructure for all hosted domains. As a compensating control, enable cross-domain spoofing protection if available.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability stems from CWE-1188 (Insecure Default Initialization of Resource), where OVHcloud's default SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record for hosted domains includes 'include:mx.ovh.com', authorizing all OVH mail servers to send email on behalf of those domains. This shared infrastructure allows any authenticated user with an OVH email account to manipulate the SMTP envelope 'Envelope-from' and 'From' header fields, sending messages that appear to originate from other OVH-hosted domains. Because the SPF record explicitly permits mx.ovh.com, these forged messages pass SPF checks. The affected product is OVHcloud's email service (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:ovhcloud:ovhcloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*). The practical impact is reduced for domains that enforce DMARC with DKIM alignment, as a passing SPF check on a shared relay does not satisfy From-header alignment.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:A
Authenticated OVH account gives PR:L; forging sender identity on behalf of other domains crosses a trust boundary (S:C) with limited integrity impact (I:L) and no confidentiality or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (ENISA).
CVSS VectorVendor: ENISA
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Authenticated users are able to manipulate both the SMTP envelope “Envelope-from” and “From” fields when sending emails through OVH mail servers.
Due to OVH's default SPF configuration, which commonly includes include:mx.ovh.com, any authenticated user with a valid OVH email account can send messages that appear to originate from any OVH-hosted domains using the default SPF record. Since the SPF policy explicitly authorizes OVH mail servers (mx.ovh.com) to send mail on behalf of these domains, forged messages successfully pass SPF validation despite not being authorized by the impersonated domain owner.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
EUVD-2026-94378
GHSA-rpc3-43rh-hpm4
NVD
CVE.org
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