Nodemailer: nodemailer: denial of service via crafted email address header (nodemailer nodemailer)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.60 % · percentile 49 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
A flaw was found in Nodemailer. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted email address header that triggers infinite recursion in the address parser.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-703 — Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14874
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418133
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v — Nodemailer’s addressparser is vulnerable to DoS caused by recursive calls
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-204250
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-14874
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0281 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*< 7.0.11cpe:2.3:a:redhat:advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:developer_hub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| nodemailer · nodemailer | affected 0 < 7.0.11 |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Developer Hub 1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |