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TI-2026-56998 Aliases CVE-2026-82660GHSA-28mw-fm9r-fxjg

Nodemailer jsonTransport bypasses disableFileAccess and disableUrlAccess

Priority MEDIUM 57CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

Nodemailer before 8.0.9 fails to enforce disableFileAccess and disableUrlAccess options during message normalization in jsonTransport. Attackers can read local files or fetch URLs by supplying path or href values in message content fields, bypassing intended access controls.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0026 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial nodemailer (nodemailer): 8.0.9Red Hat: 3 without a fix

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
nodemailernodemailerbefore 8.0.98.0.9Patch availableCNA
  • nodemailer Vendornodemailer Affected before 8.0.9 Fixed in 8.0.9 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA nodemailer (nodemailer) Fixed in 8.0.9

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    nodemailer 8.0.9

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-56999 Nodemailer CRLF Injection via List-* Header CommentsPriority MEDIUM 57
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Developer Hub 1AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Self-service automation portal 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Hardened Images

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82660
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-28mw-fm9r-fxjg
  3. 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-74559 ReDoS in Nodemailer SMTP AUTH mechanism detection regexes CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-64856 nodemailer before 10.0.6 Denial of Service via addressparser CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-62452 Nodemailer before 9.1.0 Denial of Service via addressparser CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-61683 Nodemailer 9.1.0 through 10.0.4 Denial of Service via Quadratic Address Parsing CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2025-13566 Nodemailer: nodemailer: denial of service via crafted email address header CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-74560 Nodemailer address parser passes illegal characters to SMTP envelope CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources

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