CVE-2024-58379nodemailer before 6.9.9 ReDoS via attachDataUrls parameter

Description

nodemailer before 6.9.9 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in email parsing when attachDataUrls parameter is set or processing embedded file attachments. Attackers can send specially crafted emails with malicious data URLs or embedded attachments to cause the event loop to hang and deny service.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-9h6g-pr28-7cqp) vendor-advisory
• VulnCheck Advisory: nodemailer before 6.9.9 ReDoS via attachDataUrls parameter third-party-advisory