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CVE-2020-7769· NVD / CVE Program· CNA snyk

This affects the package nodemailer before 6.4.16.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 40/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 83.1% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: node-nodemailer (Debian:12) 6.4.16-1; nodemailer (npm) 6.4.16.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to node-nodemailer (Debian:12) 6.4.16-1; nodemailer (npm) 6.4.16 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

This affects the package nodemailer before 6.4.16. Use of crafted recipient email addresses may result in arbitrary command flag injection in sendmail transport for sending mails.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Nov 12, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.3% · 83th percentile

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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.3%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
9.8
CNA · snyk
8.6
1.2 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
nodemailernodemailer

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • nodemailer nodemailerbefore 6.4.16

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (snyk). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a nodemailer

    • unspecified and later · before 6.4.16affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12node-nodemailerbefore 6.4.16-16.4.16-1
npmnodemailerbefore 6.4.166.4.16

Same product

nodemailer: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-82854Nodemailer before 8.0.3 SMTP Command Injection via envelope.size
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2021-23400HTTP Header Injection
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-110869Nodemailer 3.0.0 before 10.0.13 ReDoS via SMTP AUTH Mechanism Detection Regexes
    34Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • Later →CVE-2025-13033Nov 14, 2025 · Nodemailer: nodemailer: email to an unintended domain can occur due to interpretation conflict
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-14874Dec 18, 2025 · Nodemailer: nodemailer: denial of service via crafted email address header
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-58379Aug 31, 2026 · nodemailer before 6.9.9 ReDoS via attachDataUrls parameter
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:node-nodemailer6.4.16-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
npm:nodemailer6.4.16Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

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