CVE-2026-100700

nodemailer before 10.0.6 Denial of Service via addressparser

Published Sep 26, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
nodemailer before 10.0.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the addressparser free-text fallback regex pattern that exhibits quadratic backtracking behavior. Attackers can supply crafted email header values with long whitespace-free runs to block the Node.js event loop for tens of seconds, causing service unavailability.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description nodemailer before 10.0.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the addressparser free-text fallback regex pattern that exhibits quadratic backtracking behavior. Attackers can supply crafted email header values with long whitespace-free runs to block the Node.js event loop for tens of seconds, causing service unavailability.
Title nodemailer before 10.0.6 Denial of Service via addressparser
First Time appeared Nodemailer
Nodemailer nodemailer
Weaknesses CWE-407
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nodemailer
Nodemailer nodemailer
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Sep 28, 2026, 3:01 PM
Reserved
Sep 26, 2026, 2:39 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 26, 2026, 2:16 PM
Modified
Sep 30, 2026, 4:32 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Sep 26, 2026, 1:23 PM