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CVE-2026-125757mailcow mailcow: dockerized template injection

Schedule itCritical9.4EPSS not scored yet

CVE-2026-125757 is a template injection in mailcow mailcow: dockerized, rated critical (9.4 on CVSS 4.0).

Why this priority: Critical severity, with no exploitation signal yet.

Published · Updated · NVD status: Received

What it is

Input is rendered as part of a server-side template and can run code.

How it is reached

An attacker can exploit it over the network, with an administrator account, and nobody has to click anything.

What an attacker gains

A successful attack can read the data it protects, change data or behaviour and take it offline. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker run commands or code with the privileges of the affected service. The damage can spread past the vulnerable component into others.

Is it being exploited?

CISA's SSVC assessment notes a public proof of concept.

What to do

  1. Upgrade mailcow mailcow: dockerized to 2026-11 or later.
  2. Until it is patched, review who holds accounts that can reach it.

Description from NVD

mailcow: dockerized before 2026-11 contains a server-side template injection vulnerability that allows domain administrators to execute commands in the shared rspamd container by storing a malicious domain-wide footer. Attackers can embed a Jinja macro with an os.execute default value, rendered by the rspamd MOO_FOOTER prefilter, to read or inject mail for every tenant and disable filtering.

What this means for your architecture.

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Components it touches

  • Application servers and the hosts they run on. The flaw sits between untrusted input and code or command execution.
  • Template engines. The flaw sits between untrusted input and code or command execution.

Trust boundaries in play

  • Authenticated network access. An account is needed, so exposure follows who can sign in: customers, partners or staff.
  • Isolation between components. The impact crosses out of the vulnerable component into others it should be isolated from.
  • Between untrusted input and code or command execution. An attacker who crosses it can run commands or code with the privileges of the affected service.

Questions to answer about your own systems

  • Where does mailcow mailcow: dockerized run in your systems, and at which version?
  • Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
  • What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?

Sources

  • CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
  • Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
  • Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
  • Explanations are written by Veriom from fixed templates over each record’s data, not by a person reviewing each CVE. Descriptions are quoted from the records as published.