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CVE-2020-7769

This affects the package nodemailer before 6.4.16. Use of crafted recipient email addresses may result in arbitrary comm

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.6 EPSS 0.00509
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
nodemailer< 6.4.16
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
npm nodemailer CRITICAL fixed in 6.4.16
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocsnyk.io · SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1039742snyk.io
pocsnyk.io · SNYK-JS-NODEMAILER-1038834snyk.io
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Scoring & Timeline

8.6
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · report@snyk.io
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD12 Nov 2020 · 09:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/blob/33b62e2ea6bc9215c99a9bb4bfba94e2fb27ebd0/lib/sendmail-transport/index.js%23L75Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/ba31c64c910d884579875c52d57ac45acc47aa54PatchThird Party Advisory
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