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CVE-2026-92598 json

Nodemailer before 9.1.0 IDN/Punycode Domain Allow-list Bypass

published 2mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-81298 , GHSA-wmmp-3585-3rmp

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Nodemailer before 9.1.0 fails to apply UTS-46 normalization when encoding international domain names, causing the domain resolver to compute a different Punycode A-label than standards-compliant parsers. Attackers can craft recipient addresses with invisible characters or compatibility mappings that pass domain allow-list checks but are delivered to attacker-controlled domains via SMTP.

Patch / fix

  • npm nodemailer 9.1.0
  • nodemailer nodemailer 9.1.0
  • node-nodemailer Debian 14 10.0.0+~8.0.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-92598

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-92598 updated cvss 6.5

nodemailer: Nodemailer: Domain allow-list bypass via improper international domain name encoding

  • Red Hat Developer Hub 1 rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 grafana 12.4.3-2.el10 Red Hat Self-service automation portal 2 ansible-automation-platform/bootc-automation-portal-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Hardened Images grafana13.1 13.1.3-0.9.hum1, grafana13.2 13.2.1-0.4.hum1, grafana12.4 12.4.10-0.4.hum1
    not affected: component not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-wmmp-3585-3rmp referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CNA 4.0 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm nodemailer
<9.1.0
9.1.0

Affected products

  • nodemailer nodemailer

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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