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CVE-2021-44026

Roundcube before 1.3.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 is prone to a potential SQL injection via search or search_params.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a CRITICAL severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 3 products from roundcube, from fedoraproject, from debian organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2021, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2021-11-19T04:15:07.197

Last Modified

2025-11-04T15:00:10.590

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-89
Type: Secondary
CWE-89

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	roundcube	webmail	< 1.3.17	Yes
Application	roundcube	webmail	< 1.4.12	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	33	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	34	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	11.0	Yes

References

https://bugs.debian.org/1000156 Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/c8947ecb762d9e89c2091bda28d49002817263f1 Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/ee809bde2dcaa04857a919397808a7296681dcfa Patch ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDVGIZMQJ5IOM47Y3SAAJRN5VPANKTKO/ Mailing List, Release Notes ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TP3Y5RXTUUOUODNG7HFEKWYNIPIT2NL4/ Mailing List, Release Notes ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5013 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/1000156 Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/c8947ecb762d9e89c2091bda28d49002817263f1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/ee809bde2dcaa04857a919397808a7296681dcfa Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDVGIZMQJ5IOM47Y3SAAJRN5VPANKTKO/ Mailing List, Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TP3Y5RXTUUOUODNG7HFEKWYNIPIT2NL4/ Mailing List, Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5013 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-44026 US Government Resource (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For roundcube's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.