Advisory record · GHSA-f6v3-2qmr-vfjx

zbateson/mail-mime-parser has uncontrolled resource consumption (CPU/memory DoS) parsing untrusted MIME

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0039 · 33rd percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 24 Sept 2026, 19:45 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
zbateson/mail-mime-parserPackagist>=2.0.0, <3.0.6 || >=4.0.0, <4.0.23.0.6, 4.0.2
Identifiers
GHSA-f6v3-2qmr-vfjx · CVE-2026-61816 · PKSA-r8x8-972m-nrc1
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400
Published
24 Sept 2026
Updated
24 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

The zbateson/mail-mime-parser Packagist package, versions >=2.0.0 <3.0.6 and >=4.0.0 <4.0.2, is affected. An attacker who can submit a crafted email under 2 MB to an application that parses it can cause high CPU use and memory exhaustion, leading to denial of service. Upgrade to 3.0.6 or 4.0.2, the fixed versions.

Written 31 Oct 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.5 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0039, the 33rd percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 13:54 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 13:54 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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