Nonprofit Security Organization Discovers Over 6,000 Exposed SmarterMail Servers Vulnerable to Critical Authentication Bypass Flaw
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The nonprofit security organization Shadowserver has identified more than 6,000 SmarterMail servers exposed on the internet that are likely vulnerable to a critical authentication bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2026-23760. The vulnerability was disclosed on January 8 by the cybersecurity firm watchTowr. These exposed servers could be exploited by attackers leveraging this authentication flaw.