CVE-2025-14874

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—Elevated

7.5

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.

CVSS v3: 7.5
EG Score: 7.5(medium)
EPSS: 44.5%
KEV: Not listed

Published

December 18, 2025

Last Modified

January 8, 2026

References (7)

secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14874
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418133
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/commit/b61b9c0cfd682b6f647754ca338373b68336a150
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418133
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-rcmh-qjqh-p98v

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

npm(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
nodemailer	—	7.0.11	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-703

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-29 17:18 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-14874?

CVE-2025-14874 is a high vulnerability published on December 18, 2025. 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.

When was CVE-2025-14874 disclosed?

CVE-2025-14874 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 18, 2025, with the most recent update on January 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-14874 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-14874 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 44.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-14874?

CVE-2025-14874 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-14874?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-14874, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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