S/MIME Certificate Subject Whitespace
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway before version 15.0.1 improperly validates S/MIME certificates issued for email addresses containing whitespaces, allowing signature spoofing.
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Secure Email Gateway (SEPPmail) Fixed in 15.0.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway 15.0.1
8 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-21852 PDF Password CMDiPriority MEDIUM 49
- TI-2026-21853 zip_attachments Path TraversalPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2026-21854 S/MIME Decryption Tag Sanitization BypassPriority MEDIUM 41
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-2748
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qg5v-hxpj-p53x
References
More Seppmail vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-02349 SEPPmail User Web Interface Arbitrary File Write to RCE CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-11768 SEPPMail's web frontend, user input is not embedded correctly in the web page and… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2021-11767 The SEPPmail solution is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS)… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-21852 PDF Password CMDi CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
- TI-2026-21853 zip_attachments Path Traversal CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-21854 S/MIME Decryption Tag Sanitization Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-2748 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-2748 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qg5v-hxpj-p53x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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