CVE-2020-7769
Command Injection
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 12, 2020 at 08:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNodemailer
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
This 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v < 6.4.16
Affected range stops below 6.4.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/blob/33b62e2ea6bc9215c99a9bb4bfba94e2fb27ebd0/lib/sendmail-transport/index.js%23L75x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/ba31c64c910d884579875c52d57ac45acc47aa54x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1039742x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEMAILER-1038834CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-88
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