nodemailer Email Address Header improper check or handling of exceptional conditions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in nodemailer. This affects an unknown function of the component Email Address Header Handler. The manipulation leads to improper check or handling of exceptional conditions. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-14874. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in nodemailer (affected version not known). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Email Address Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper check or handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-703. The product does not properly anticipate or handle exceptional conditions that rarely occur during normal operation of the product. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-14874 since 12/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279271 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14874), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (279271), EUVD (EUVD-2025-204250) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0759). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • IBM Planning Analytics

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper check or handling of exceptional conditions
CWE: CWE-703
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 279271
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14874

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150

Timelineinfo

12/18/2025 Advisory disclosed
12/18/2025 +0 days CVE reserved
12/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/18/2026 +90 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-14874 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-14874
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-337367
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-0759 - IBM Planning Analytics: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 12/18/2025 10:51
Updated: 03/18/2026 12:12
Changes: 12/18/2025 10:51 (63), 12/18/2025 13:13 (1), 12/19/2025 08:26 (2), 01/06/2026 21:49 (11), 01/08/2026 06:47 (4), 03/18/2026 12:12 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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