# CVE-2025-59031: Path traversal in OX Dovecot Pro

> Attackers can use crafted OOXML documents to index unintended system files via an unsafe attachment conversion script, exposing sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 27 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2025-59031, AZL-81689, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59031, GHSA-7r6x-855q-h59r, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59031

## What is CVE-2025-59031?

CVE-2025-59031 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dovecot Dovecot, published on 27 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dovecot has provided a script to use for attachment to text conversion. This script unsafely handles zip-style attachments. Attacker can use specially crafted OOXML documents to cause unintended files on the system to be indexed and subsequently ending up in FTS indexes. Do not use the provided script, instead, use something else like FTS tika. No publicly available exploits are known.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59031?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Dovecot Dovecot, Open-Xchange Dovecot.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-59031?

Apply a workaround.

## Is CVE-2025-59031 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59031 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dovecot Dovecot

- [CVE-2026-24031](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24031/): Auth bypass in OX Dovecot Pro (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2025-59032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59032/): Denial of service in OX Dovecot Pro (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-27858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27858/): Denial of service in OX Dovecot Pro (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-29157](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29157/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-10957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10957/): Null dereference in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59031 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59031 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dovecot Dovecot, published on 27 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59031 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dovecot Dovecot. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59031/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59031/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59031
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59031
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59031

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59031/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.