Nodemailer 3.0.0 before 10.0.13 has a regular expression denial of service in SMTPConnection._actionEHLO, whose four AUTH mechanism detection regexes contain overlapping whitespace sub-patterns that backtrack quadratically. A malicious or m…
Exact source revision recorded 27 Oct 2026 15:46:25 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
nvd · CVE-2026-110869
PublishedNodemailer 3.0.0 before 10.0.13 has a regular expression denial of service in SMTPConnection._actionEHLO, whose four AUTH mechanism detection regexes contain overlapping whitespace sub-patterns that backtrack quadratically. A malicious or man-in-the-middle SMTP server can reply to EHLO with 250-AUTH, a long whitespace run and a non-matching token, blocking the Node.js event loop for tens of seconds to hours before authentication.
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Source analysis status: Awaiting Analysis
Weakness classifications: CWE-1333
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published: 2026-10-14T23:17:28.673
lastModified: 2026-10-16T18:14:51.460
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- 14 Oct 2026 23:17:28 UTC
- Source modified
- 16 Oct 2026 18:14:51 UTC
- Observed here
- 27 Oct 2026 15:46:25 UTC
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- NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained
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