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TI-2002-02173 Aliases CVE-2002-2261GHSA-vqjv-jhp4-724w

Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions…

Priority LOW 37CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions enforced by the 'check_relay' function by spoofing a blank DNS hostname.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02004 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 28

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.9.0VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.9.1VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.9.2VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.9.3VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.10VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.10.0VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.10.1VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.10.2VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.11.0VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.11.1VulnerableSendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.9.0 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.9.1 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.9.2 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.9.3 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.10 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.10.0 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.10.1 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.10.2 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.11.0 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.11.1 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
Show 18 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.11.2VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.11.3VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.11.4VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.11.5VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.11.6VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.11.7VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12 beta10VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12 beta12VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12 beta16VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12 beta5VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12 beta7VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12.0VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12.1VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12.2VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12.3VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12.4VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12.5VulnerableSendmail
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.12.6VulnerableSendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.11.2 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.11.3 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.11.4 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.11.5 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.11.6 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.11.7 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12 beta10 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12 beta12 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12 beta16 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12 beta5 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12 beta7 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12.0 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12.1 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12.2 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12.3 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12.4 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12.5 Vulnerable ·Sendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.12.6 Vulnerable ·Sendmail

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-2261
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vqjv-jhp4-724w

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2002-01263 Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00642 The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00154 The prescan() function in the address parser (parseaddr.c) in Sendmail before 8.12.9 does… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-00053 Signal handler race condition in Sendmail 8.13.x before 8.13.6 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2003-00632 A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-04282 Use-after-free vulnerability in Sendmail before 8.13.8 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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