# CVE-2026-114720: Roundcube Webmail before 1.6.20 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 is affected by an IMAP command injection vulnerability.


- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-114720, GHSA-3p38-q93v-93w8, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-114720

## What is CVE-2026-114720?

CVE-2026-114720 is a high-severity vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail, published on 22 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

Roundcube Webmail before 1.6.20 and 1.7.x before 1.7.5 is affected by an IMAP command injection vulnerability. A remote authenticated attacker can exploit this via CRLF sequences injected into the _flag parameter of the mail/mark action to execute arbitrary IMAP commands. Upstream fixed this in the commit “Fix IMAP command injection via CRLF in `_flag` parameter of mail/mark action”, which rejects flags containing control, whitespace and IMAP-special characters.

Weakness: CWE-93 (Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-114720?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-114720?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-114720 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-114720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-114720 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-114720 is a high-severity vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail, published on 22 Oct 2026. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-114720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Roundcube Webmail. 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-2026-114720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-114720/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-114720
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114720
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-114720

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-114720/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.