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SCA: security update for nodemailer (GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437227

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-14874)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437227

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14874

cwe: CWE-703