# CVE-2021-37845: An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-932.

- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-05-29 · Updated: 2025-01-14

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-932. A meddler-in-the-middle attacker can fixate their own session during the cleartext phase before a STARTTLS command (a violation of "The STARTTLS command is only valid in non-authenticated state." in RFC2595). This potentially allows an attacker to cause a victim's e-mail messages to be stored into an attacker's IMAP mailbox, but depends on details of the victim's client behavior.

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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://uncensored.citadel.org/dotgoto?room=Citadel%20Security
- https://uncensored.citadel.org/msg/2099264259
- https://nostarttls.secvuln.info/

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