Nodemailer before 10.0.2 fails to properly flatten deeply nested arrays in recipient fields such as to, cc, and bcc, allowing attackers to cause stack exhaustion. Attackers can supply a deeply nested JSON recipient array that triggers recursive Array.toString() conversion, exhausting the call stack and terminating the Node.js process.
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Description Nodemailer before 10.0.2 fails to properly flatten deeply nested arrays in recipient fields such as to, cc, and bcc, allowing attackers to cause stack exhaustion. Attackers can supply a deeply nested JSON recipient array that triggers recursive Array.toString() conversion, exhausting the call stack and terminating the Node.js process.
Title Nodemailer before 10.0.2 Stack Exhaustion via Nested Recipient Arrays
First Time appeared Nodemailer
Nodemailer nodemailer
Weaknesses CWE-674
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nodemailer
Nodemailer nodemailer
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-26T13:23:57.945Z

Reserved: 2026-09-26T02:39:50.973Z

Link: CVE-2026-100702

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-26T14:16:55.280

Modified: 2026-09-26T14:16:55.280

Link: CVE-2026-100702

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