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Medium · 6.9 CVE-2026-53533 EUVD-2026-61138GHSA-v3q9-hj7j-63hqPYSEC-2026-2338

aiosmtplib: SMTP command injection via CR/LF in sender/recipient address

Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

aiosmtplib is an asynchronous SMTP client for use with asyncio. Prior to 5.1.1, SMTP.mail(), SMTP.rcpt(), SMTP.vrfy(), and SMTP.expn() send caller-supplied addresses without rejecting embedded CR or LF bytes. Data after the line break is framed as additional standalone SMTP command lines, allowing an attacker who influences an envelope sender or recipient to inject commands such as MAIL FROM, RCPT TO, RSET, DATA, or AUTH. SMTP.sendmail() and SMTP.send() without a Message object pass addresses through the affected methods, while SMTP.send_message() is not affected. Successful injection can desynchronize the command-response pipeline, hang the SMTP instance, or send an arbitrary message without requiring attacker control of the SMTP server. This issue is fixed in version 5.1.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
cole aiosmtplib < 5.1.1 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 aiosmtplib 5.1.2-1 —
Debian 13 aiosmtplib No fix yet —
Debian 12 aiosmtplib No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 aiosmtplib No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS aiosmtplib No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS aiosmtplib No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-aiosmtplib 5.1.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11035-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI aiosmtplib < 5.1.1 5.1.1 GHSA-v3q9-hj7j-63hq

Advisories 1

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