How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitability depends on whether user-controllable data flows into the IMAP ID command in your application. If end users can influence fields that the application passes to id(), an attacker may be able to inject IMAP commands whenever that code path runs in the context of a victim's mailbox.

Does an attacker need authenticated access to exploit this?

Typically, yes. The injected commands execute within an authenticated IMAP session, so the attacker must either control or influence data in a context that is bound to a victim's session (for example, through a feature that reflects user input into IMAP metadata). The package itself does not enforce authentication; that is managed by the surrounding application.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Treat all dynamic data used in IMAP commands as untrusted by default, and either eliminate such dependencies or route them through a strict encoder that renders them safe literals within the protocol. Avoid constructing IMAP commands via string concatenation; instead, use helper routines that take structured parameters and apply correct quoting and character filtering.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.6)

IMAP Command Injection (CWE-74) in directorytree/imapengine id() Function

CVE-2026-2469

Published:

Feb 13, 2026

Status:

Received

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-306

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

Account Takeover / Loss of Account Control

February 17, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Injection

CWE:

CWE-74

Impact:

Arbitrary IMAP Command Execution on Victim Mailboxes

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.6)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Injection

CWE:

CWE-74

Impact:

Arbitrary IMAP Command Execution on Victim Mailboxes

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.6)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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IMAP Command Injection (CWE-74) in directorytree/imapengine id() Function

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

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