CVE-2024-49395 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-49395: Mutt: neomutt: bcc email header field is indirectly leaked by cryptographic info block

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Weakness CWE-1230
Published November 12, 2024
Last update November 21, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In mutt and neomutt, PGP encryption does not use the --hidden-recipient mode which may leak the Bcc email header field by inferring from the recipients info.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 12, 2024 CVE published
November 21, 2025 Record updated