๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2024-58379

MEDIUM 5.3

nodemailer before 6.9.9 ReDoS via attachDataUrls parameter

CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

nodemailer before 6.9.9 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in email parsing when attachDataUrls parameter is set or processing embedded file attachments. Attackers can send specially crafted emails with malicious data URLs or embedded attachments to cause the event loop to hang and deny service.

CWE CWE-1333
Vendor nodemailer
Product nodemailer
Published Aug 31, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

nodemailer / nodemailer
0 < 6.9.9

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-9h6g-pr28-7cqp vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodemailer-before-6.9.9-redos-via-attachdataurls-parameter

Credits

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