Nodemailer from 3.0.0 before 10.0.10 contains a denial of service vulnerability in MessageParser.parseHeaders that allows users to exhaust CPU through quadratic header unfolding. Attackers can supply large recipient lists or long headers that fold into tens of thousands of continuation lines, blocking the Node.js event loop during DKIM signing.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Nodemailer from 3.0.0 before 10.0.10 contains a denial of service vulnerability in MessageParser.parseHeaders that allows users to exhaust CPU through quadratic header unfolding. Attackers can supply large recipient lists or long headers that fold into tens of thousands of continuation lines, blocking the Node.js event loop during DKIM signing. | |
| Title | Nodemailer 3.0.0 before 10.0.10 Quadratic DKIM Header Unfolding Denial of Service | |
| First Time appeared |
Nodemailer
Nodemailer nodemailer |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-400 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Nodemailer
Nodemailer nodemailer |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-14T22:52:59.681Z
Reserved: 2026-10-14T22:21:21.397Z
Link: CVE-2026-110871
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T23:17:28.953
Modified: 2026-10-14T23:17:28.953
Link: CVE-2026-110871
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