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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2024-27938
Analyzed
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-security-advisories@github.com
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-11 Mar, 2024 | 22:15
Updated At-10 Apr, 2025 | 18:15

Postal is an open source SMTP server. Postal versions less than 3.0.0 are vulnerable to SMTP Smuggling attacks which may allow incoming e-mails to be spoofed. This, in conjunction with a cooperative outgoing SMTP service, would allow for an incoming e-mail to be received by Postal addressed from a server that a user has 'authorised' to send mail on their behalf but were not the genuine author of the e-mail. Postal is not affected for sending outgoing e-mails as email is re-encoded with `<CR><LF>` line endings when transmitted over SMTP. This issue has been addressed and users should upgrade to Postal v3.0.0 or higher. Once upgraded, Postal will only accept End of DATA sequences which are explicitly `<CR><LF>.<CR><LF>`. If a non-compliant sequence is detected it will be logged to the SMTP server log. There are no workarounds for this issue.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
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Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Secondary3.15.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Primary3.15.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Type: Secondary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 5.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Type: Primary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 5.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CPE Matches

postalserver
postalserver
>>postal>>Versions before 3.0.0(exclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:postalserver:postal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-116Secondarysecurity-advisories@github.com
CWE-116Primarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: CWE-116
Type: Secondary
Source: security-advisories@github.com
CWE ID: CWE-116
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description

Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://github.com/postalserver/postal/commit/0140dc4security-advisories@github.com
Patch
https://github.com/postalserver/postal/security/advisories/GHSA-j42r-6c99-hqf2security-advisories@github.com
Vendor Advisory
https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/smtp-smuggling-spoofing-e-mails-worldwidesecurity-advisories@github.com
Technical Description
https://www.postfix.org/smtp-smuggling.htmlsecurity-advisories@github.com
Exploit
https://github.com/postalserver/postal/commit/0140dc4af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/postalserver/postal/security/advisories/GHSA-j42r-6c99-hqf2af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/smtp-smuggling-spoofing-e-mails-worldwideaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Technical Description
https://www.postfix.org/smtp-smuggling.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
Hyperlink: https://github.com/postalserver/postal/commit/0140dc4
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Resource:
Patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/postalserver/postal/security/advisories/GHSA-j42r-6c99-hqf2
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/smtp-smuggling-spoofing-e-mails-worldwide
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Resource:
Technical Description
Hyperlink: https://www.postfix.org/smtp-smuggling.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Resource:
Exploit
Hyperlink: https://github.com/postalserver/postal/commit/0140dc4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/postalserver/postal/security/advisories/GHSA-j42r-6c99-hqf2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/smtp-smuggling-spoofing-e-mails-worldwide
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Technical Description
Hyperlink: https://www.postfix.org/smtp-smuggling.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Exploit
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