OS command injection in Email-Sender
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Email::Sender::Transport::Sendmail versions before 2.602 for Perl allow arbitrary command execution on Windows sending a message whose envelope address reaches the shell in _sendmail_pipe. On MSWin32 the envelope sender and every recipient go into a single command string, which open() passes to a shell. Every other platform gets the list form, which runs sendmail directly. When the caller supplies no envelope, Email::Sender::Simple takes the recipients from the To and Cc headers and the sender from the From header. An attacker who controls one of those header addresses runs commands as the sending process.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Email-Sender | before 2.602 | 2.602 | Patch available | CNA |
- Email-Sender Vendor— Affected before 2.602 Fixed in 2.602 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Email-Sender Fixed in 2.602
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93012
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6jw-3jf9-6hc7
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-93012 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93012 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j6jw-3jf9-6hc7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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