Nodemailer CRLF Injection via List-* Header Comments
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Nodemailer before 8.0.9 fails to sanitize carriage return and line feed characters in list comment fields, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary message headers. An attacker with control over list.*.comment parameters can inject CRLF sequences to create additional headers in generated RFC822 messages, altering mail client behavior and message semantics.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nodemailer | nodemailer | before 8.0.9 | 8.0.9 | Patch available | CNA |
- 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-2026-56998 Nodemailer jsonTransport bypasses disableFileAccess and disableUrlAccessPriority MEDIUM 57
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Self-service automation portal 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82661
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2jv2-wqrj-g6x7
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More nodemailer vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-82661 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-82661 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2jv2-wqrj-g6x7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-82661 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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