CVE-2024-49394
Mutt: neomutt: in-reply-to email header field it not protected by cryptograpic signing
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: November 12, 2024 at 02:07 AM UTC
Updated: June 27, 2026 at 11:41 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsEnterprise LinuxMuttNeomutt
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker to reuse an unencrypted but signed email message to impersonate the original sender.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49394Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325330Source: cverecord
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/4226Source: cverecord
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4221Source: cverecord
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4227SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
5.3MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-347
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