Medium severity · published Nov 12, 2024
CVE-2024-49394
Mutt: neomutt: in-reply-to email header field it not protected by cryptograpic signing
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker to reuse an unencrypted but signed email message to impersonate the original sender.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
MU
Mutt · Mutt
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
NE
Neomutt · Neomutt
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49394
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49394
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49394
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325330
github.com
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/4226
github.com
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4221
github.com
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4227
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