CVE-2025-11468

When folding a long comment in an email header containing exclusively unfoldable characters, the parenthesis would not be preserved. This could be used for injecting headers into email messages where addresses are user-controlled and not sanitized.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/17d1490aa97bd6b98a42b1a9b324ead84e7fd8a2
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/61614a5e5056e4f61ced65008d4576f3df34acb6
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a76e4cd62dd68e7cbe86e37e6ed988495a646b66
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e9970f077240c7c670e8a6fc6662f2b30d3b6ad0
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f738386838021c762efea6c9802c82de65e87796
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143935
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/143936
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/FELSEOLBI2QR6YLG6Q7VYF7FWSGQTKLI/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

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Information

Published : 2026-01-20 22:15

Updated : 2026-02-02 23:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-11468

Mitre link : CVE-2025-11468

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-11468

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

No CWE.

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