New Exim BDAT Vulnerability Exposes GnuTLS Builds to Potential Code Execution
New Exim BDAT Vulnerability Exposes GnuTLS Builds to Potential Code Execution
12 May 2026
Exim has released security updates to address a severe security issue affecting certain configurations that could enable memory corruption and potential code execution.
Exim is an open-source Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) designed for Unix-like systems to receive, route, and deliver email.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-45185, aka Dead.Letter, has been described as a use-after-free