Description
A vulnerability was identified in the email parsing library due to improper handling of specially formatted recipient email addresses. An attacker can exploit this flaw by crafting a recipient address that embeds an external address within quotes. This causes the application to misdirect the email to the attacker's external address instead of the intended internal recipient. This could lead to a significant data leak of sensitive information and allow an attacker to bypass security filters and access controls.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| nodemailer | nodemailer | < 7.0.7 | 7.0.7 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | — | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | node-nodemailer | 7.0.9+~7.0.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | node-nodemailer | 6.10.0+~6.4.17-1+deb13u1 | — |
| Debian 12 | node-nodemailer | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 25.10 | node-nodemailer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | node-nodemailer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | node-nodemailer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | node-nodemailer | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | jitsucom-jitsu +2 | 2.11.0-r4 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | nodemailer | < 7.0.7 | 7.0.7 | GHSA-mm7p-fcc7-pg87 |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-0592 Red Hat Developer Hub: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · May 11, 2026
References
- RHSA-2026:15979 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:3751 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13033 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2402179 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/1150d99fba77280df2cfb1885c43df23109a8626
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7p-fcc7-pg87