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TI-2026-62649 Aliases CVE-2026-93012GHSA-j6jw-3jf9-6hc7

OS command injection in Email-Sender

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-78Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00604 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Email-Sender: 2.602

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Email-Senderbefore 2.6022.602Patch availableCNA
  • Email-Sender Vendor— Affected before 2.602 Fixed in 2.602 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Email-Sender Fixed in 2.602

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93012
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6jw-3jf9-6hc7

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