Symfony: Email Header / SMTP Command Injection via CRLF in Symfony\Component\Mime\Address (symfony symfony)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.60 % Β· percentile 49 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
### Description `Symfony\Component\Mime\Address` is the value-object every Symfony Mailer address (to/cc/bcc/from/reply-to) flows through; its constructor is documented as validating the address and throwing on invalid input, so developers treat it as a security boundary. The constructor accepts email addresses whose local-part (the part before `@`) is an RFC-5322 *quoted string* containing raw `\r\n` bytes β e.g. `"x\r\nBcc: attacker@evil"@example.com`. The stored address is later emitted verbatim into (1) the rendered message headers and (2) `SmtpTransport`'s `MAIL FROM:<...>` / `RCPT TO:<...>` protocol lines, turning the embedded CRLF into a new mail header and/or a new SMTP command. ### Resolution The `Address` constructor now rejects addresses containing line breaks. The patch for this issue is available [here](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/dc2dbd29211eb4ddc451373fa1374fb926e94604) for branch 5.4. ### Credits We would like to thank Claude Mythos Preview (via Project Glasswing) for reporting the issue and providing the fix.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-93 β Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences
References
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-qpmx-3rfj-7rhv
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/a1c42cbe517bc146a54da7505a107ded317478fe
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v5.4.52
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v6.4.40
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v7.4.12
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v8.0.12
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD Β· security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-qpmx-3rfj-7rhv β Symfony has Email Header / SMTP Command Injection via CRLF in Symfony\Component\Mime\Address
European references
- ENISA EUVD Β· EUVD-2026-44322
- GCVE Β· GCVE-0-2026-45067
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| symfony Β· symfony | affected < 5.4.52 ; affected >= 6.0.0-BETA1, < 6.4.40 ; affected >= 7.0.0-BETA1, < 7.4.12 ; affected >= 8.0.0-BETA1, < 8.0.12 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST β attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA β reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain β this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |