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CVE-2026-46428RUSTSEC-2026-0141GHSA-4PJ9-G833-QX53

lettre has TLS hostname verification disabled when using Boring TLS backend

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.11.22
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

lettre is a a mailer library for Rust. Starting in version 0.10.1 and prior to version 0.11.22, an inverted-boolean bug in lettre's `boring-tls` integration silently disables TLS hostname verification for callers using the default (strict) configuration. An on-path attacker presenting any chain-valid certificate for any domain can intercept SMTP submission, including PLAIN/LOGIN credentials and message contents, against any lettre user built with the `boring-tls` feature. Other TLS backends (`native-tls`, `rustls`) are unaffected. Version 0.11.22 patches the issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • lettre lettre

    From 0.10.1 · fixed in 0.11.22

  • lettrecrates.io

    From 0.10.1 · fixed in 0.11.22

References 4

GitHub · lettre/lettre

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