CVE-2026-92596
Description
Nodemailer before 9.1.0 contains a quadratic time complexity vulnerability in the addressparser component that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by supplying a crafted comma-separated address list. Attackers can send a single email with a large number of addresses to block the Node.js event loop for extended periods, consuming 100% CPU and freezing the process.
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 — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community 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/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/34da642
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/7cc38af
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/83b8c48
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/9116da9
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-2x7j-588g-ccc2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodemailer-before-9.1.0-denial-of-service-via-addressparser
CWEs
CWE-400
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.