Vulnerability · Published May 4, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2026-43864

Low 2.5

In plain English

A low-severity null pointer dereference in mutt from mutt. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.5Low
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

mutt before 2.3.2 has a show_sig_summary NULL pointer dereference.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12muttno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-43864
Debian:13mutt2.2.13-1+deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43864
Debian:14mutt2.3.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43864
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmuttno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-43864
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSmuttno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-43864
Ubuntu:25.10muttno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-43864
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSmuttno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-43864
Ubuntu:26.10muttno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-43864

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
mutt mutt 0 – before 2.3.2

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References