CVE-2026-100702

Nodemailer before 10.0.2 Stack Exhaustion via Nested Recipient Arrays

Published Sep 26, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Nodemailer before 10.0.2 fails to properly flatten deeply nested arrays in recipient fields such as to, cc, and bcc, allowing attackers to cause stack exhaustion. Attackers can supply a deeply nested JSON recipient array that triggers recursive Array.toString() conversion, exhausting the call stack and terminating the Node.js process.

Remediation

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Nodemailer before 10.0.2 fails to properly flatten deeply nested arrays in recipient fields such as to, cc, and bcc, allowing attackers to cause stack exhaustion. Attackers can supply a deeply nested JSON recipient array that triggers recursive Array.toString() conversion, exhausting the call stack and terminating the Node.js process.
Title Nodemailer before 10.0.2 Stack Exhaustion via Nested Recipient Arrays
First Time appeared Nodemailer
Nodemailer nodemailer
Weaknesses CWE-674
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nodemailer
Nodemailer nodemailer
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/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 26, 2026, 11:11 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
Moderate
Public date
Sep 26, 2026, 1:23 PM