Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Roundcube Webmail - #VU156139

 

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Roundcube Webmail - #VU156139

Published: October 19, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU156139
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause excessive resource consumption and potentially a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a missing content size limit in CSS proxy processing when handling oversized CSS content. A remote attacker can provide excessive CSS content for the proxy to process to consume server resources and potentially disrupt service availability.


Affected software

Roundcube Webmail

Remediation

Install security update from vendor's website.

Roundcube Webmail - addressed in versions 1.6.20, 1.7.5

External References

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