Vulnerability in Nodemailer
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14874 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer (Product)
- github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150 (Patch)
- github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-14874?
- CVE-2025-14874 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodemailer, classified under CWE-703. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-12-18.
- How severe is CVE-2025-14874?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.