Bug 2526173 (CVE-2024-58379)

Summary: CVE-2024-58379 nodemailer: Nodemailer: Denial of Service via specially crafted emails with data URLs or embedded attachments
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: abarbaro, alizardo, dschmidt, jchui, jhe, jlanda, kaycoth, kshier, ktsao, lchilton, nboldt, oaljalju, psrna, rhel-process-autobot, sfeifer, simaishi, stcannon, teagle, watson-tool-maintainers, yguenane
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A flaw was found in Nodemailer. A remote attacker can exploit a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability by sending specially crafted emails containing malicious data URLs or embedded attachments. This can cause the email parsing process to hang, leading to a denial of service for the affected system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-31 09:02:49 UTC
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.