CVE-2026-100700
nodemailer before 10.0.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the addressparser free-text fallback regex pattern that exhibits quadratic backtracking behavior. Attackers can supply crafted email header values with long whitespace-free runs to block the Node.js event loop for tens of seconds, causing service unavailability.
Published:Sep 26, 2026
Last Modified:Sep 28, 2026
EPS:Sep 26, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00279
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Nodemailer
Product
Nodemailer
Nodemailer
Nodemailer
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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High
Integrity
None
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High
Availability
None
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High
