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CVE-2026-92595 (GCVE-0-2026-92595)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 21:47 – Updated: 2026-09-16 21:47
VLAI
Title
Nodemailer before 9.1.1 Security Sandbox Bypass via resolveContent
Summary
Nodemailer (npm package `nodemailer`) versions 9.1.0 and earlier do not honor the `disableFileAccess` and `disableUrlAccess` sandbox options when message content is resolved through the public plugin API `MailMessage.resolveContent()` using the documented legacy three-argument signature `resolveContent(data, key, callback)`. Because `shared.resolveContent()` normalizes the missing `options` argument to an empty object, the message-level flags copied into `mail.data` by the MailMessage constructor are discarded, and `resolveContentValue()` skips both access-control checks, reaching `nmfetch(url)` or `fs.createReadStream(path)`. As a result, plugin or application code that resolves untrusted message content (html, text, attachment `path` or `href`) via this API can be induced to read arbitrary local files or issue outbound HTTP(S) requests (server-side request forgery), bypassing the sandbox the application enabled. The internal paths used by `transporter.sendMail()` (`resolveAll()`, `_convertDataImages()`, and the MIME streaming path) are not affected. Fixed in version 9.1.1.
CWE
  • CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
nodemailer nodemailer Affected: 0 , < 9.1.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 9.1.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-09-01 00:00
Credits
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