Critical severity · published Nov 12, 2020
CVE-2020-7769
This affects the package nodemailer before 6.4.16
9.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Nodemailer · Nodemailer
before 6.4.16 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7769
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7769
Broken Link
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/blob/33b62e2ea6bc9215c99a9bb4bfba94e2fb27ebd0/lib/sendmail-transport/index.js%23L75
Patch
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/ba31c64c910d884579875c52d57ac45acc47aa54
Exploit
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1039742
Exploit
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEMAILER-1038834
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