{"id":"CVE-2024-35179","aliases":["EUVD-2024-35228","GHSA-5pfx-j27j-4c6h"],"status":"published","title":"Unprivileged Stalwart Mail Server user can read files as root","description":"Stalwart Mail Server is an open-source mail server. Prior to version 0.8.0, when using `RUN_AS_USER`, the specified user (and therefore, web interface admins) can read arbitrary files as root. This issue affects admins who have set up to run stalwart with `RUN_AS_USER` who handed out admin credentials to the mail server but expect these to only grant access according to the `RUN_AS_USER` and are attacked where the attackers managed to achieve Arbitrary Code Execution using another vulnerability. Version 0.8.0 contains a patch for the issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00621,"percentile":0.50245,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-271"],"published":"2024-05-15T15:55:28Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:43Z","products":[{"vendor":"stalwartlabs","product":"mail-server"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server/security/advisories/GHSA-5pfx-j27j-4c6h","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/35xxx/CVE-2024-35179.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35179","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-35179","title":"Unprivileged Stalwart Mail Server user can read files as root","description":"Stalwart Mail Server is an open-source mail server. 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This issue affects admins who have set up to run stalwart with `RUN_AS_USER` who handed out admin credentials to the mail server but expect these to only grant access according to the `RUN_AS_USER` and are attacked where the attackers managed to achieve Arbitrary Code Execution using another vulnerability. Version 0.8.0 contains a patch for the issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-15T15:55:28.261Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:43.590759441Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-271"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:40.704083Z"}]}}