CVE-2024-58379 PUBLISHED

nodemailer before 6.9.9 ReDoS via attachDataUrls parameter

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 16.08.2026 Published: 31.08.2026 Updated: 31.08.2026

nodemailer before 6.9.9 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in email parsing when attachDataUrls parameter is set or processing embedded file attachments. Attackers can send specially crafted emails with malicious data URLs or embedded attachments to cause the event loop to hang and deny service.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor nodemailer
Product nodemailer
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 6.9.9 (excl.)
  • Version 6.9.9 is unaffected

Credits

  • francoatmega reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity CWE