> 
> I am running roundcube and dovecot on the same machine. To avoid the
> described scenario, I have:
> 
> 1. Enabled and configured selinux on that machine,
> 2. Enabled mail-crypt plugin with user keys in dovecot.
> 
> This should make it hard for an attacker to get access to the emails
> even with root access gained through a compromised web server.
> 

That depends on your selinux rules. If you want to go a little further. Use 
podman/docker to run roundcube and run it as a seperate user and give the 
container bind low port capabilities. I think docker/podman support this. Just 
in case juse separate uids with containers. 

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