CVE-2026-42499

Quadratic string concatenation in consumePhrase in net/mail

CVSS 7.5 HIGHEPSS 0.6%

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 7.5EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

07 May 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Pathological inputs could cause DoS through consumePhrase when parsing an email address according to RFC 5322.

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

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