| Name | CVE-2025-11468 |
| Description | When folding a long comment in an email header containing exclusively unfoldable characters, the parenthesis would not be preserved. This could be used for injecting headers into email messages where addresses are user-controlled and not sanitized. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4455-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1126786, 1126787, 1126788 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| jython (PTS) | bullseye | 2.7.2+repack1-3 | fixed |
| forky, sid, bookworm, trixie | 2.7.3+repack1-1 | fixed | |
| pypy3 (PTS) | bullseye | 7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u5 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 7.3.11+dfsg-2+deb12u3 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 7.3.19+dfsg-2 | vulnerable | |
| forky, sid | 7.3.20+dfsg-4 | vulnerable | |
| python2.7 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.7.18-8+deb11u1 | fixed |
| python3.11 (PTS) | bookworm | 3.11.2-6+deb12u6 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 3.11.2-6+deb12u3 | vulnerable | |
| python3.13 (PTS) | trixie | 3.13.5-2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 3.13.12-1 | fixed | |
| python3.14 (PTS) | forky, sid | 3.14.3-1 | fixed |
| python3.9 (PTS) | bullseye | 3.9.2-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 3.9.2-1+deb11u5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jython | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| pypy3 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | 1126788 | ||
| python2.7 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| python3.11 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| python3.13 | source | (unstable) | 3.13.12-1 | 1126787 | ||
| python3.14 | source | (unstable) | 3.14.3-1 | 1126786 | ||
| python3.9 | source | bullseye | 3.9.2-1+deb11u5 | DLA-4455-1 | ||
| python3.9 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
- python2.7 <not-affected> (E-mail folding API introduced in Python 3.3)
[trixie] - pypy3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - pypy3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - pypy3 <postponed> (Minor issue)
- jython <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143935
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/143936
Fixed by: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/17d1490aa97bd6b98a42b1a9b324ead84e7fd8a2 (main)
Fixed by: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/61614a5e5056e4f61ced65008d4576f3df34acb6 (3.14 branch)
Fixed by: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f738386838021c762efea6c9802c82de65e87796 (3.13 branch)
Fixed by: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e9970f077240c7c670e8a6fc6662f2b30d3b6ad0 (3.11 branch)