SMTP Smuggling in Postal
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Postal is an open source SMTP server. Postal versions less than 3.0.0 are vulnerable to SMTP Smuggling attacks which may allow incoming e-mails to be spoofed. This, in conjunction with a cooperative outgoing SMTP service, would allow for an incoming e-mail to be received by Postal addressed from a server that a user has 'authorised' to send mail on their behalf but were not the genuine author of the e-mail. Postal is not affected for sending outgoing e-mails as email is re-encoded with `<CR><LF>` line endings when transmitted over SMTP. This issue has been addressed and users should upgrade to Postal v3.0.0 or higher. Once upgraded, Postal will only accept End of DATA sequences which are explicitly `<CR><LF>.<CR><LF>`. If a non-compliant sequence is detected it will be logged to the SMTP server log. There are no workarounds for this issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| postalserver | postal | before 3.0.0 | 3.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- postal Vendorpostalserver Affected before 3.0.0 Fixed in 3.0.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:postalserver:postal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 3.0.0 | Vulnerable | postalserver |
- cpe:2.3:a:postalserver:postal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.0.0 Vulnerable ·postalserver
Remediation
- Fix · CNA postal (postalserver) Fixed in 3.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-27938
- 2026-10-05 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More postalserver Postal vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-20638 Postal has HTML injection / XSS in message view CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
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