Vulnerability in Nodemailer

CVE-2026-92598

Nodemailer before 9.1.0 fails to apply UTS-46 normalization when encoding international domain names, causing the domain resolver to compute a different Punycode A-label than standards-compliant parsers. Attackers can craft recipient addresses with invisible characters or compatibility mappings that pass domain allow-list checks but are delivered to attacker-controlled domains via SMTP.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-92598?
CVE-2026-92598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodemailer, classified under CWE-436. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-92598?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.