---
id: CVE-2025-14874
title: A flaw was found in Nodemailer
summary: >-
  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.
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-703
vendor: nodemailer
product: nodemailer
affected:
  - nodemailer < 7.0.11
  - advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes = 2.0
  - ceph_storage = 8.0
  - developer_hub
patched:
  - nodemailer 7.0.11
published: '2025-12-18'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T20:10:00.247'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14874'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14874'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418133'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418133'
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00556
epssPercentile: 0.44282
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T20:23:19.460Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `nodemailer < 7.0.11`
- `advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes = 2.0`
- `ceph_storage = 8.0`
- `developer_hub`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `nodemailer 7.0.11`