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GHSA-VM5R-23W9-M8HX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-13 12:31 – Updated: 2026-09-13 12:31

Details

Nodemailer versions 9.1.0 through 10.0.4 contain a quadratic time complexity vulnerability in the addressparser component when parsing email addresses with RFC 5322 comments. Attackers can craft malicious email headers with comment-separated atoms to consume excessive CPU and block the Node.js event loop for several seconds, causing denial of service.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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      "url": "https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer"
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    },
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CVE-2026-90776 (GCVE-0-2026-90776)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-13 11:42 – Updated: 2026-09-13 11:42

Title

Nodemailer 9.1.0 through 10.0.4 Denial of Service via Quadratic Address Parsing

Summary

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/c…	patch
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/blob/v10…	technical-description
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/releases…	release-notes
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodemailer-9…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
nodemailer	nodemailer	Affected: 9.1.0 , < 10.0.5 (semver) Unaffected: 10.0.5 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer::::::::

Date Public

2026-09-11 00:00

Credits

mmadersbacher

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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GHSA-VM5R-23W9-M8HX

CVE-2026-90776 (GCVE-0-2026-90776)

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