# CVE-2026-92595: Nodemailer before 9.1.1 Security Sandbox Bypass via resolveContent

- Also known as: GHSA-8M3C-C648-2XJJ
- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.1.1
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-09-19

## Affected

- nodemailer: fixed in 9.1.1
- nodemailer (npm): fixed in 9.1.1

## Description

Nodemailer (npm package `nodemailer`) versions 9.1.0 and earlier do not honor the `disableFileAccess` and `disableUrlAccess` sandbox options when message content is resolved through the public plugin API `MailMessage.resolveContent()` using the documented legacy three-argument signature `resolveContent(data, key, callback)`. Because `shared.resolveContent()` normalizes the missing `options` argument to an empty object, the message-level flags copied into `mail.data` by the MailMessage constructor are discarded, and `resolveContentValue()` skips both access-control checks, reaching `nmfetch(url)` or `fs.createReadStream(path)`. As a result, plugin or application code that resolves untrusted message content (html, text, attachment `path` or `href`) via this API can be induced to read arbitrary local files or issue outbound HTTP(S) requests (server-side request forgery), bypassing the sandbox the application enabled. The internal paths used by `transporter.sendMail()` (`resolveAll()`, `_convertDataImages()`, and the MIME streaming path) are not affected. Fixed in version 9.1.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nodemailer, upgrade to a fixed version (9.1.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-8m3c-c648-2xjj
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodemailer-before-9.1.1-security-sandbox-bypass-via-resolvecontent

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