Bug 2536015 (CVE-2026-92596)

Summary: CVE-2026-92596 nodemailer: Nodemailer: Denial of Service in addressparser component
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's addressparser component. This vulnerability, due to quadratic time complexity, allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By sending a specially crafted email with a large, comma-separated list of addresses, the attacker can block the Node.js event loop, leading to high CPU consumption and freezing the process.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 13:38:12 UTC
Nodemailer before 9.1.0 contains a quadratic time complexity vulnerability in the addressparser component that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by supplying a crafted comma-separated address list. Attackers can send a single email with a large number of addresses to block the Node.js event loop for extended periods, consuming 100% CPU and freezing the process.