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TI-2026-33450 Aliases CVE-2026-45711GHSA-qx5x-85p8-vg4j

Mailpit: Path traversal & arbitrary file write in mailpit dump --http via attacker-controlled message IDs

Priority HIGH 69CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-829.

Summary

Mailpit is an email testing tool and API for developers. Prior to version 1.30.0, the mailpit dump --http <base-url> <out-dir> sub-command downloads every message from a remote Mailpit instance and writes each one as <id>.eml inside the user-supplied output directory. The message ID field is taken verbatim from the JSON response of the remote server and concatenated into the output path with path.Join, which silently normalizes `..` segments. A malicious HTTP server impersonating Mailpit can therefore make mailpit dump write attacker-controlled bytes to any path the running user can write, fully outside the intended output directory. Version 1.30.0 contains a patch.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00389 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed mailpit (axllent): 1.30.0github.com/axllent/mailpit (Go): 1.30.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
axllentmailpitbefore 1.30.01.30.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/axllent/mailpit (Go)before 1.30.01.30.0Patch availableGHSA-qx5x-85p8-vg4j
  • mailpit Vendoraxllent Affected before 1.30.0 Fixed in 1.30.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/axllent/mailpit (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.30.0 Fixed in 1.30.0 Patch available GHSA-qx5x-85p8-vg4j

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:axllent:mailpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.30.0Vulnerableaxllent
  • cpe:2.3:a:axllent:mailpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.30.0 Vulnerable ·axllent

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA mailpit (axllent) Fixed in 1.30.0
  • Fix · GHSA-qx5x-85p8-vg4j github.com/axllent/mailpit (Go) Fixed in 1.30.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45711
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qx5x-85p8-vg4j

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2026-22161 Mailpit is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Link Check API CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-33452 Mailpit: Unauthenticated remote memory-exhaustion DoS via unlimited SMTP DATA and /api/v1/send body sizes CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-17561 Mailpit Proxy Endpoint is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
  • TI-2026-19194 Mailpit has SMTP Header Injection via Regex Bypass CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2026-33451 Race condition in axllent mailpit CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2026-19208 Mailpit Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via HTML Check API CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
See all 9 →

Sources

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