CVE-2026-35545
MEDIUMCVE-2026-35545 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-669 vulnerability in roundcube/roundcubemail. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2026-35545 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Roundcube Webmail: Remote image blocking feature can be bypassed via SVG content in an e-mail message
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Description
An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.15 and 1.6.15. The remote image blocking feature can be bypassed via SVG content in an e-mail message. This may lead to information disclosure or access-control bypass. This involves the animate element with attributeName=fill/filter/stroke.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | roundcube/roundcubemail | ≥ 1.7-beta&&< 1.7-rc5 | 1.7-rc5 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for roundcube/roundcubemail. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update roundcube/roundcubemail to 1.7-rc5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-35545 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2026-35545 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2026-35545. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-35545 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2026-35545 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.