CVE-2026-92596
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.8%
55.6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-400
Published 2026-09-16 · modified 2026-09-22
Description
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.
References
- 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
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-2x7j-588g-ccc2