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TI-2017-07181 Aliases CVE-2017-9801GHSA-p7vm-phxx-g722

Improper input validation in Apache Commons Email

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

When a call-site passes a subject for an email that contains line-breaks in Apache Commons Email 1.0 through 1.4, the caller can add arbitrary SMTP headers.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06036 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.commons:commons-email (Maven): 1.5

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Commons Email1.0 to 1.4—No fix listedCNA
—org.apache.commons:commons-email (Maven)1.0 to before 1.51.5Patch availableGHSA-p7vm-phxx-g722
  • Apache Commons Email VendorApache Affected 1.0 to 1.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.apache.commons:commons-email (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0 to before 1.5 Fixed in 1.5 Patch available GHSA-p7vm-phxx-g722

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.1VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.2VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.3VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.1 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.2 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.3 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_email:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-p7vm-phxx-g722 org.apache.commons:commons-email (Maven) Fixed in 1.5 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-9801
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p7vm-phxx-g722

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2018-01198 Improper input validation in Apache Commons Email CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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