CVE-2026-85111

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 77/100
Published: 2026-11-06 Modified: 2026-11-10 First seen: 2026-11-06 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: None
VA: High

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache James Mime4J library prior version 0.8.15 allows Denial of Service upon parsing Mime messages. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache James server 3.9.1 that relies on fixed MIME4J 0.8.15 which addresses the issue. See CVE-2026-85108 in Apache James MIME4J library.

Bug Bounty Relevance

77 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.7 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.39%
Raw Score 0.003880
Percentile 33.4%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00388
2026-11-12
0.00388
2026-11-10
0.00388
2026-11-09
0.00388
2026-11-08
0.00388
2026-11-07
0.00388

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →