Use an external spam filter and security gateway (like those offered by ) to shield your server from direct internet exposure.

Before 2021, there was CVE-2019-18463. This allowed an attacker to bypass authentication entirely via specially crafted IMAP commands. Although older, many legacy hMailServer installations (pre-5.6.8) remain vulnerable.

Hmailserver Exploit Github Fix Jun 2026

Use an external spam filter and security gateway (like those offered by ) to shield your server from direct internet exposure.

Before 2021, there was CVE-2019-18463. This allowed an attacker to bypass authentication entirely via specially crafted IMAP commands. Although older, many legacy hMailServer installations (pre-5.6.8) remain vulnerable.