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CVE-2025-14874

Nodemailer: nodemailer: denial of service via crafted email address header

Published: Dec 18, 2025Updated: Jan 8, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-703
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Nodemailer’s addressparser is vulnerable to DoS caused by recursive calls

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-703

Affected Products

nodemailernpmOSS Libraries
nodemailernodemailer
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Red Hat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Ceph Storage 8Red Hat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Developer HubRed Hat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
npmpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
nodemaileross-projectOSS Libraries
red hatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

References

https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14874
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150
github.com
and 3 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 18, 2025
Last Updated
Jan 8, 2026

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