AIKIDO-2024-10079
nodemailer is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
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Medium Risk
This Affects:
nodemailerTL;DR
The affected versions are vulnerable to regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS), causing the event loop to become stuck. This occurs when nodemailer attempts to parse image files with the attachDataUrls parameter set or when parsing attachments with embedded files. A specially crafted malicious email can exploit this vulnerability, leading to performance degradation or Denial of Service.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.
Background info
nodemailer is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in versions 3.0.0 - 6.9.8.
How to fix this
Upgrade the nodemailer library to the patch version.
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