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Command injection in nodemailer

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 10, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

npm nodemailer (npm)

Affected versions

< 6.4.16

Patched versions

6.4.16

Description

This affects the package nodemailer before 6.4.16. Use of crafted recipient email addresses may result in arbitrary command flag injection in sendmail transport for sending mails.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 12, 2020
Reviewed Apr 19, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 10, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-7769

GHSA ID

GHSA-48ww-j4fc-435p

Source code

No known source code
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