{"id":"CVE-2023-29046","aliases":["EUVD-2023-32650","GHSA-jcjp-p87g-594h"],"status":"published","title":"Connections to external data sources, like e-mail autoconfiguration, were not terminated in case...","description":"Connections to external data sources, like e-mail autoconfiguration, were not terminated in case they hit a timeout, instead those connections were logged. Some connections use user-controlled endpoints, which could be malicious and attempt to keep the connection open for an extended period of time. As a result users were able to trigger large amount of egress network connections, possibly exhausting network pool resources and lock up legitimate requests. A new mechanism has been introduced to cancel external connections that might access user-controlled endpoints. No publicly available exploits are known.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00577,"percentile":0.47992,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"published":"2023-11-02T13:01:39Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:49:14Z","products":[{"vendor":"open-xchange","product":"open-xchange_appsuite"},{"vendor":"open-xchange gmbh","product":"ox app suite"},{"vendor":"ox software gmbh","product":"ox app suite"}],"references":[{"url":"https://software.open-xchange.com/products/appsuite/doc/Release_Notes_for_Patch_Release_6243_7.10.6_2023-08-01.pdf","tags":["release-notes","x_transferred","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://documentation.open-xchange.com/appsuite/security/advisories/csaf/2023/oxas-adv-2023-0004.json","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29046"},{"url":"https://documentation.open-xchange.com/security/advisories/csaf/oxas-adv-2023-0004.json"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcjp-p87g-594h"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29046","description":"Connections to external data sources, like e-mail autoconfiguration, were not terminated in case they hit a timeout, instead those connections were logged. 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A new mechanism has been introduced to cancel external connections that might access user-controlled endpoints. No publicly available exploits are known.\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-11-02T15:30:25Z","modified":"2024-01-21T05:06:18Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:55:27.854531Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29046","description":"Connections to external data sources, like e-mail autoconfiguration, were not terminated in case they hit a timeout, instead those connections were logged. Some connections use user-controlled endpoints, which could be malicious and attempt to keep the connection open for an extended period of time. As a result users were able to trigger large amount of egress network connections, possibly exhausting network pool resources and lock up legitimate requests. 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