Dovecot has provided a script to use for attachment to text conversion. This script unsafely handles zip-style attachments. Attacker can use specially crafted OOXML documents to cause unintended files on the system to be indexed and subsequently ending up in FTS indexes. Do not use the provided script, instead, use something else like FTS tika. No publicly available exploits are known.
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Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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Title Unsafe Attachment Conversion Script Allows Unauthorized File Indexing via Crafted OOXML

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Description Dovecot has provided a script to use for attachment to text conversion. This script unsafely handles zip-style attachments. Attacker can use specially crafted OOXML documents to cause unintended files on the system to be indexed and subsequently ending up in FTS indexes. Do not use the provided script, instead, use something else like FTS tika. No publicly available exploits are known.
Weaknesses CWE-200
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OX

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-27T12:33:21.043Z

Reserved: 2025-09-08T14:22:28.105Z

Link: CVE-2025-59031

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-27T09:16:18.783

Modified: 2026-03-27T09:16:18.783

Link: CVE-2025-59031

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-27T09:45:47Z

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