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GHSA-46j5-6fg5-4gv3: Duplicate Advisory: Nodemailer is vulnerable to DoS through Uncontrolled Recursion

December 18, 2025 (updated February 3, 2026)

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

A flaw was found in Nodemailer. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted email address header that triggers infinite recursion in the address parser.

References

  • access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14874
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418133
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-46j5-6fg5-4gv3
  • github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer
  • github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150
  • github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14874

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Affected versions

All versions before 7.0.11

Fixed versions

  • 7.0.11

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.0.11 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion
  • CWE-703: Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Source file

npm/nodemailer/GHSA-46j5-6fg5-4gv3.yml

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