CVE-2025-14874

A flaw was found in Nodemailer. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted email address header that triggers infinite recursion in the address parser.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14874	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418133	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer	Product
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150	Patch
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418133	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nodemailer:nodemailer:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:developer_hub:-:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2025-12-18 09:15

Updated : 2026-01-08 03:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-14874

Mitre link : CVE-2025-14874

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-14874

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Products Affected

redhat

ceph_storage
advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes
developer_hub

nodemailer

nodemailer

CWE

CWE-703

Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

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