Medium severity · published Sep 26, 2026
CVE-2026-100699
Nodemailer before 10.0.9 Malformed Envelope Recipient via RFC 5322 Comment
5.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Nodemailer is a Node.js email-sending library. In versions >= 9.1.0 and < 10.0.9, the address parser (src/addressparser) mishandles addresses whose local-part is a quoted string and that are followed by RFC 5322 comments, allowing trailing comment-separated domain atoms to be retained in the normalized address. For example, the input "user"@example.com(x)evil.com is parsed to the address value 'user@example.com evil.com', which contains additional attacker-controlled domain text separated by a literal space. This parsed value is used without further strict recipient validation when the message envelope is built (envelope.to in src/mime-node), so a malformed/ambiguous recipient address can be accepted and placed in the SMTP envelope. Whether this results in delivery to an unintended recipient on real SMTP servers has not been confirmed. The issue is a variant of the RFC 5322 comment parsing problem addressed in GHSA-cc9r-2j5m-2m83, affecting the separate quoted-local-part code path. Version 10.0.9 contains a fix.
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)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
nodemailer · nodemailer
9.1.0 before 10.0.9 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100699
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100699
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-g57g-f23g-4646
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodemailer-before-10.0.9-malformed-envelope-recipient-via-rfc-5322-comment
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