CVE-2026-127121Alinto sogo improper signature verification
CVE-2026-127121 is a improper signature verification in Alinto sogo, rated high (7.1 on CVSS 4.0).
Why this priority: High severity, with no exploitation signal yet.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Deferred
What it is
A cryptographic signature is not checked properly, so forged data is accepted.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it over the network, without an account, but someone has to act first, such as opening a file or following a link.
What an attacker gains
A successful attack can change data or behaviour. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker read or tamper with traffic, or pass a forged message as genuine.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet.
What to do
- Upgrade Alinto sogo to 5.12.13 or later.
- Until it is patched, keep it off the internet or behind a VPN, allowlist or authenticating proxy.
- Warn the people who use it, and filter files and links on the way in.
Description from NVD
SOGo before 5.12.13 contains an improper cryptographic signature verification vulnerability that allows remote attackers to replace a victim's contact S/MIME certificate by sending a spoofed multipart/signed message with a mismatched signature and an impersonated From address. Attackers can deliver a crafted CMS signedData object containing their own self-signed certificate, which SOGo's UIxMailView stores on the contact card without validating signature authenticity or certificate identity, enabling subsequent encrypted communications to be decrypted with the attacker's private key.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- TLS termination and service-to-service channels. The flaw sits on the network path between clients and services.
- Signature checks. The flaw sits on the network path between clients and services.
Trust boundaries in play
- Internet-facing entry points. No account is needed. Any instance reachable from outside your perimeter, through a load balancer, gateway, VPN or exposed admin port, is in scope.
- People who open files and links. Mail, chat and browsers are the delivery path.
- On the network path between clients and services. An attacker who crosses it can read or tamper with traffic, or pass a forged message as genuine.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does Alinto sogo 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.