Nodemailer: nodemailer: denial of service via crafted email address header
Priority HIGH 72CWE-703Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
A flaw was found in Nodemailer. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted email address header that triggers infinite recursion in the address parser.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00599 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial nodemailer (nodemailer): 7.0.11nodemailer (npm): 7.0.11Red Hat: 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nodemailer | nodemailer | before 7.0.11 | 7.0.11 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Developer Hub 1 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | nodemailer (npm) | 3.0.0 to before 7.0.11 | 7.0.11 | Patch available | GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v |
| — | org.webjars.npm:nodemailer (Maven) | 3.0.0 – 6.10.1 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v |
- nodemailer Vendornodemailer Affected before 7.0.11 Fixed in 7.0.11 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- nodemailer (npm) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 7.0.11 Fixed in 7.0.11 Patch available GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
- org.webjars.npm:nodemailer (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 – 6.10.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 7.0.11 | Vulnerable | nodemailer |
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0 | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0 | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:developer_hub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
- cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 7.0.11 Vulnerable ·nodemailer
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:developer_hub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Red Hat
Remediation
- Fix · CNA nodemailer (nodemailer) Fixed in 7.0.11
- Fix · GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v nodemailer (npm) Fixed in 7.0.11 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14874
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · CNA
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Exploit 2
Advisory 2
More Nodemailer vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-06286 Command injection in nodemailer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-06093 HTTP Header Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-14874 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14874 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-14874 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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