CVE-2026-46428
Description
lettre is a a mailer library for Rust. Starting in version 0.10.1 and prior to version 0.11.22, an inverted-boolean bug in lettre's `boring-tls` integration silently disables TLS hostname verification for callers using the default (strict) configuration. An on-path attacker presenting any chain-valid certificate for any domain can intercept SMTP submission, including PLAIN/LOGIN credentials and message contents, against any lettre user built with the `boring-tls` feature. Other TLS backends (`native-tls`, `rustls`) are unaffected. Version 0.11.22 patches the issue.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/lettre/lettre/commit/f5efffc88360dbdbfcef80f465e42d5bce68ca35
- https://github.com/lettre/lettre/releases/tag/v0.11.22
- https://github.com/lettre/lettre/security/advisories/GHSA-4pj9-g833-qx53
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0141.html
- https://github.com/lettre/lettre/security/advisories/GHSA-4pj9-g833-qx53
CWEs
CWE-295
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.