CVE-2005-0198: University Of Washington Uw-Imap

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic error in the CRAM-MD5 code for the University of Washington IMAP (UW-IMAP) server, when Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism with MD5 (CRAM-MD5) is enabled, does not properly enforce all the required conditions for successful authentication, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as arbitrary users.

Affected products

• University Of Washington Uw-Imap: any version

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.