CVE-2026-110872

Nodemailer 3.0.0 before 10.0.10 Denial of Service via SMTP Reply Parsing

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: October 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 06:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNodemailer

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Nodemailer from 3.0.0 before 10.0.10 contains a quadratic complexity denial of service vulnerability in the SMTP client reply parser in SMTPConnection._onData and isPartialResponse. A malicious SMTP server or on-path attacker can stream continuation lines without a completion line before authentication, blocking the Node.js event loop and exhausting memory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.0.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 10.0.10 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.9MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-400

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