CVE-2025-14874: nodemailer
CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14874DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14874CGA-2cxx-9m85-mv3mCGA-3467-vxrx-55p5CGA-3896-v2wh-88fmCGA-3qvj-h63v-rmjcCGA-7fmj-2xgg-xjxfCGA-8543-p7p4-875qCGA-8j3j-f8r5-73frCGA-v26c-q6r7-5v7rCGA-vxpc-gfhp-hgc2GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98vCGA-343q-vfpq-8xwwCGA-45j4-4gw8-9xf9CGA-53pm-xxxx-qr3rCGA-5v64-f49m-xm2jCGA-9hq5-cfr6-rqmcCGA-g4vc-hqv9-5wf5CGA-hjr7-g892-9w33CGA-hx57-c92h-7mg6CGA-m283-32mh-56p6CGA-m3hx-77gp-fxpwCGA-p6mf-73qx-h8m2CGA-p79j-hrv3-qfq3CGA-qv5f-h234-xxffCGA-w57m-9q5h-48ghCGA-wvpj-xrm5-vhw2CGA-x8xp-v7q7-f6px
Published 18-12-2025Last modified 08-01-2026
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-14874 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in nodemailer. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)EPSS score
0.56%
0%100%
Low · +0.08 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github, reference
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1Timeline
- 18-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-01-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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 metrics
8 scores · 8 sources · 1 versionHigh 7.5Preferred score · CVE.org (CNA)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSourcesAll 8 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.56%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
45%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.08 pp
From 0.48% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score0.56%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundNodemailer
Maturity: poc
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard14 products
- jitsucom-jitsu< 2.11.0-r8
- jitsucom-jitsu-console< 2.11.0-r8
- jitsucom-jitsu-rotor< 2.11.0-r8
- kibana-8.17< 8.17.10-r4
- kibana-8.18< 8.18.8-r3
Wolfi6 products
- jitsucom-jitsu< 2.11.0-r8
- jitsucom-jitsu-console< 2.11.0-r8
- jitsucom-jitsu-rotor< 2.11.0-r8
- langfuse-3< 3.135.1-r2
- langfuse-3-compat< 3.135.1-r2
Redhat3 products
Debian1 product
- node-nodemailerAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.0.12+~7.0.5-1
Nodemailer1 product
- nodemailer< 7.0.11
Npm1 product
- nodemailer≥ 3.0.0, < 7.0.11
Org.webjars.npm1 product
- nodemailer≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 6.10.1
Ubuntu1 product
- node-nodemailerAll versions (No fix recorded)
8 vendors · 28 products
References
12 links- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14874VDB EntryX Refsource REDHATREPORTAdvisoryWEBThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418133Issue TrackingX Refsource REDHATREPORTWEBExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98vREPORTAdvisoryWEBExploitVendor Advisory
