CVE-2026-22689 PUBLISHED

Mailpit is vulnerable to Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) allowing unauthenticated access to emails

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 08.01.2026 Published: 10.01.2026 Updated: 12.01.2026

Mailpit is an email testing tool and API for developers. Prior to version 1.28.2, the Mailpit WebSocket server is configured to accept connections from any origin. This lack of Origin header validation introduces a Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) vulnerability. An attacker can host a malicious website that, when visited by a developer running Mailpit locally, establishes a WebSocket connection to the victim's Mailpit instance (default ws://localhost:8025). This allows the attacker to intercept sensitive data such as email contents, headers, and server statistics in real-time. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor axllent
Product mailpit
Versions
  • Version < 1.28.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-1385: Missing Origin Validation in WebSockets CWE