High [CVE-2025-14874] Nodemailer: nodemailer: denial of service via crafted email address header
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-14874 affecting Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, Red Hat Ceph Storage 8, Red Hat Developer Hub.
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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.
This can lead to a denial of service, causing the affected service to crash immediately. Exploitation does not require authentication and can be achieved with a single request.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-703.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2; Red Hat Ceph Storage 8; Red Hat Developer Hub. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Is CVE-2025-14874 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2025-14874 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
How do I fix CVE-2025-14874?
The advisory VulniPulse tracks names no fixed release. Follow Red Hat's guidance for workarounds and updates.
Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation checklist
- Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
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