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CVE-2025-14874

A flaw was found in Nodemailer. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted email address header t

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00219
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-703Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
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Affected Products & Versions

4
nodemailer< 7.0.11
redhat advanced cluster management for kubernetesall versions
redhat ceph storageall versions
redhat developer huball versions
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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 MODERATE fixed in 7.0.11
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocbugzilla.redhat.com · show_bug.cgi?id=2418133bugzilla.redhat.com
pocgithub.com · GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98vgithub.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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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 NVD18 Dec 2025 · 09:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14874Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailerProduct
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150Patch
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