CVE-2020-7769

Summary

CVECVE-2020-7769
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-12 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionThis 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-88

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nodemailer Nodemailer All All All All
Application Nodemailer Nodemailer All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Command Injection in org.webjars.npm:nodemailer | Snyk MISC snyk.io Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/blob/33b62e2ea6bc9215c99a9bb4bfba94e2fb... MISC github.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
v6.4.16 · nodemailer/nodemailer@ba31c64 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Command Injection in nodemailer | Snyk MISC snyk.io Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
nodemailer/index.js at 33b62e2ea6bc9215c99a9bb4bfba94e2fb27ebd0 · nodemailer/nodemailer · GitHub MITRE github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Vineet Kumar

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981871 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for nodemailer (GHSA-48ww-j4fc-435p)
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