CVE-2026-49939 (GCVE-0-2026-49939)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-11-06 11:40
Modified
2026-11-06 19:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Summary
In Apache James server prior version 3.9.1 improper Access Control List processing is exposed by the JMAP protocol which do not account for negative rules positionned by IMAP protocol.
This results in users being able to administer folders in JMAP despite having being explicitly denied the right to do so in IMAP.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.1 which fixes this issue.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache James |
Version: 3.9.0 ≤ |
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Nomenclature
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