parsedmarc < 11.0.1 Zip Bomb DoS via Compressed Email Attachments
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
parsedmarc before 11.0.1 decompresses gzip and ZIP attachments in a single unbounded read with no limit on decompressed output size. Because parsedmarc automatically processes incoming DMARC report emails without user interaction, an unauthenticated remote attacker can send a crafted email with a highly compressed attachment to the monitored mailbox, causing the parsedmarc process to allocate memory proportional to the uncompressed size and exhaust available RAM.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| domainaware | parsedmarc | before 11.0.1 | 11.0.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- parsedmarc Vendordomainaware Affected before 11.0.1 Fixed in 11.0.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA parsedmarc (domainaware) Fixed in 11.0.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
domainaware parsedmarc 11.0.1
2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-56884 parsedmarc 9.0.6 < 11.0.1 Path Traversal via Forensic Report SubjectPriority LOW 34
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82520
References
More domainaware vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-56884 parsedmarc 9.0.6 < 11.0.1 Path Traversal via Forensic Report Subject CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
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