CVE-2026-92597

NameCVE-2026-92597
DescriptionNodemailer versions >= 6.9.16 and < 9.1.0 mis-parse RFC 5322 comments in email addresses: in lib/addressparser, a comment closed immediately before a non-break character causes the tokenizer to concatenate the atoms surrounding the comment instead of treating the comment as folding whitespace that terminates the domain. A recipient address such as user@good-corp.com(x)evil.com is therefore read by Nodemailer as the single domain good-corp.comevil.com (registrable domain comevil.com, which an attacker can register) and used for both the SMTP envelope (RCPT TO) and the emitted To:/From: headers, while a conformant RFC 5322 parser terminates the domain at the comment and reads good-corp.com. An application that validates the recipient domain with a strict RFC 5322 parser (without inspecting parse defects) or a naive prefix/substring allow-list and then hands the raw address to Nodemailer can be induced to deliver mail to a domain the attacker controls. Fixed in 9.1.0.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
node-nodemailer (PTS)bookworm6.8.0+~6.4.6-1vulnerable
trixie6.10.0+~6.4.17-1+deb13u1vulnerable
forky10.0.0+~8.0.1-1fixed
sid10.0.10+~8.0.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
node-nodemailersource(unstable)10.0.0+~8.0.1-1

Notes

https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-cc9r-2j5m-2m83
Fixed by: https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/902b63e935435c30f4025901c0902dce64cd8880 (v9.1.0)

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