CVE-2021-23400 (Medium) detected in nodemailer-2.7.2.tgz

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CVE-2021-23400 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nodemailer-2.7.2.tgz

Easy as cake e-mail sending from your Node.js applications

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemailer/-/nodemailer-2.7.2.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/nodemailer/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• karma-2.0.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • log4js-2.5.3.tgz
    • ❌ nodemailer-2.7.2.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: e09ef1e3a45be925a41a2e1aa6a0bcbc6b3c41ea

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The package nodemailer before 6.6.1 are vulnerable to HTTP Header Injection if unsanitized user input that may contain newlines and carriage returns is passed into an address object.

Publish Date: 2021-06-29

URL: CVE-2021-23400

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23400

Release Date: 2021-06-29

Fix Resolution (nodemailer): 6.6.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (karma): 3.0.0

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