CVE-2026-35542
Publication date 6 April 2026
Last updated 6 April 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.14 and 1.6.14. The remote image blocking feature can be bypassed via a crafted background attribute of a BODY element in an e-mail message. This may lead to information disclosure or access-control bypass.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| roundcube | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.3 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35542
- https://roundcube.net/news/2026/03/18/security-updates-1.7-rc5-1.6.14-1.5.14
- https://nullcathedral.com/posts/2026-03-18-roundcube-round-two-three-more-sanitizer-bypasses/#body-backgrounds-unquoted-url
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/e052328e3dc75f13adc2e314eaa4096ac21084ad
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/fd0e98178db5c73eaa93d005b561874923f9b0f0
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/fde14d01adc9f37893cd82b635883e516ed453f8
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.5.14
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.14
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.7-rc5