# CVE-2026-29138: PGP Decryption Sender LDAP Injection

> Attackers can spoof PGP signatures via LDAP injection in SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway, bypassing sender verification.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-whc5-mvj9-gjqw

## What is CVE-2026-29138?

CVE-2026-29138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway, published on 2 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway before version 15.0.3 allows attackers with a specially crafted email address to claim another user's PGP signature as their own.

Weakness: CWE-90 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-29138?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Seppmail Secure Email Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-29138?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-29138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-29138 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-29138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway

- [CVE-2026-29139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29139/): GINA State Confusion Account Takeover (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-29143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29143/): S/MIME Decryption Impersonation (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-29144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29144/): Unicode Subject Tags (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-29140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29140/): S/MIME Signature Additional Certificate (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2026-29141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29141/): Bounded Subject Tag Sanitization (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-29138 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-29138 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway, published on 2 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-29138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway. 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-2026-29138/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29138/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-29138
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29138
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-29138

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29138/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.