Severity:
CVSS 4.0: 8.7 (high)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected versions:
- Apache James before 3.9.1
Description:
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache James Mime4J
library prior version 0.8.15 allows Denial of Service upon parsing Mime
messages.
Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache James server 3.9.1 that relies on
fixed MIME4J 0.8.15 which addresses the issue.
See CVE-2026-85108 in Apache James MIME4J library.
Credit:
Mike Read (finder)
References:
https://james.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85111
