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2 vulnerabilities found for helm-charts by Mailu
CVE-2026-85751 (GCVE-0-2026-85751)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-09-21 15:39 – Updated: 2026-09-21 17:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Mailu: Authentication bypass in header-based proxy authentication via spoofable `X-Forwarded-By` trust
Summary
Mailu is a mail server distributed as a set of Docker images. From Mailu 2.0 until 2024.06.55 and prior to Mailu helm-charts 2.7.3, deployments with PROXY_AUTH_WHITELIST configured but REAL_IP_HEADER unset trusted a client-controlled X-Forwarded-By header for header-based proxy authentication. The proxy_hide_header directive in the nginx template at core/nginx/conf/proxy.conf hid the header from upstream responses but did not overwrite the incoming request value in this configuration. An unauthenticated remote attacker could therefore spoof the trusted proxy identity and bypass authentication. This issue is fixed in Mailu 2024.06.55 and Mailu helm-charts 2.7.3.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-21 17:56 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/security/advisorie… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/pull/4070 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/pull/4071 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/commit/dffa97cbd88… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/commit/ff4003d0457… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/releases/tag/2024.06.55 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailu | Mailu |
Affected:
>= 2.0.0, < 2024.06.55
|
|
| Mailu | helm-charts |
Affected:
< 2.7.3
|
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CVE-2026-85751 (GCVE-0-2026-85751)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-21 15:39 – Updated: 2026-09-21 17:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Mailu: Authentication bypass in header-based proxy authentication via spoofable `X-Forwarded-By` trust
Summary
Mailu is a mail server distributed as a set of Docker images. From Mailu 2.0 until 2024.06.55 and prior to Mailu helm-charts 2.7.3, deployments with PROXY_AUTH_WHITELIST configured but REAL_IP_HEADER unset trusted a client-controlled X-Forwarded-By header for header-based proxy authentication. The proxy_hide_header directive in the nginx template at core/nginx/conf/proxy.conf hid the header from upstream responses but did not overwrite the incoming request value in this configuration. An unauthenticated remote attacker could therefore spoof the trusted proxy identity and bypass authentication. This issue is fixed in Mailu 2024.06.55 and Mailu helm-charts 2.7.3.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-21 17:56 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/security/advisorie… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/pull/4070 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/pull/4071 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/commit/dffa97cbd88… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/commit/ff4003d0457… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/releases/tag/2024.06.55 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailu | Mailu |
Affected:
>= 2.0.0, < 2024.06.55
|
|
| Mailu | helm-charts |
Affected:
< 2.7.3
|
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