Nodemailer before 9.1.0 contains a quadratic time complexity vulnerability in the addressparser component that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by supplying a crafted comma-separate…
High CVSS 7.5
Summary
Nodemailer before 9.1.0 contains a quadratic time complexity vulnerability in the addressparser component that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by supplying a crafted comma-separated address list. Attackers can send a single email with a large number of addresses to block the Node.js event loop for extended periods, consuming 100% CPU and freezing the process.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/34da642
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/7cc38af
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/83b8c48
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/9116da9
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-2x7j-588g-ccc2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodemailer-before-9.1.0-denial-of-service-via-addressparser
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD