SB2026052733 - Improper Certificate Validation in nodemailer
Published: May 27, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: N/A)
CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose sensitive OAuth credentials.
The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation in the internal HTTPS fetch client in lib/fetch/index.js when retrieving OAuth2 tokens over HTTPS. A remote attacker can perform a machine-in-the-middle attack using an invalid or self-signed certificate to disclose sensitive OAuth credentials.
The issue affects OAuth2 token requests and related outbound HTTPS requests that use the internal fetch implementation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.