Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-29138

Seppmail Secure Email Gateway ≤ 15.0.3

Published
02 April 2026
Modified
16 April 2026
CVSS Score v4 6.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/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 Score 0.0022 12th percentile
Risk Priority 38 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-29138 is a medium-severity LDAP Injection (CWE-90) vulnerability in Seppmail Secure Email Gateway. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 12th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2026-29138 is a vulnerability in SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway versions prior to 15.0.3. It enables attackers to use a specially crafted email address to claim another user's PGP signature as their own. The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N) and is linked to CWE-90.

The vulnerability can be exploited by any unauthenticated attacker accessible over the network, requiring low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation results in high integrity impact, allowing the attacker to impersonate another user's PGP signature without affecting confidentiality or availability.

SEPPmail's release notes for version 15.0, available at https://downloads.seppmail.com/extrelnotes/150/ERN15.0.html#seppmail-vulnerability-disclosure-1503, disclose the vulnerability and confirm that it is addressed in version 15.0.3. Security practitioners should update affected SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway installations to version 15.0.3 or later to mitigate the issue.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2026-29143Same product: Seppmail Secure Email Gateway
CVE-2026-29141Same product: Seppmail Secure Email Gateway
CVE-2026-29135Same product: Seppmail Secure Email Gateway
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CVE-2026-29137Same product: Seppmail Secure Email Gateway

Affected Assets

seppmail
secure email gateway
≤ 15.0.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation can discover LDAP injection flaws through static analysis or crafted test cases.

Input validation directly stops untrusted data from reaching an LDAP query builder without neutralization of special characters.

Secure engineering principles require safe query construction and escaping that structurally prevents LDAP injection.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input neutralization and query parameterization to prevent LDAP injection.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development catches LDAP injection via dynamic analysis or fuzzing, but does not prevent it at the source.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and query construction practices that directly prevent LDAP injection.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit rules for safe construction of directory queries, mitigating LDAP injection.

prevents

Secure coding standards require proper neutralization of LDAP special characters, directly eliminating this weakness.

mitigates

Secure architecture principles encourage safe query interfaces but do not prescribe the specific coding controls needed for LDAP injection.

none

Information access restriction limits who can query LDAP but does not address how queries are built.

References