CVE-2026-100701 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-100701: Nodemailer 5.0.0 through 10.0.1 TLS servername Cache Confusion

Vendor Nodemailer
Product nodemailer
Weakness CWE-295
Published September 26, 2026
Last update September 26, 2026

CVSS base score

6.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS 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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Nodemailer versions 5.0.0 through 10.0.1 use a process-global DNS cache that is keyed only by the DNS host, while each cache entry also stores the caller-specific TLS servername. When two direct TLS/SMTPS transports (secure: true) resolve the same non-IP host with different tls.servername values, the first transport's servername is returned on the cache hit and overwrites the second transport's explicitly configured value, so Nodemailer sends the wrong SNI value and validates the peer certificate against the wrong identity. In multi-tenant services or SNI-routed SMTP gateways, an attacker who can prime the cache can cause a victim transport to connect to the attacker's TLS virtual host and accept the attacker's certificate even with rejectUnauthorized: true, disclosing the victim's SMTP credentials. Fixed in 10.0.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 26, 2026 CVE published
September 26, 2026 Record updated