CRLF Injection Affecting github.com/axllent/mailpit/server/internal/smtpd package, versions <1.28.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
1.47% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMAXLLENTMAILPITSERVERINTERNALSMTPD-15035878
  • published19 Jan 2026
  • disclosed18 Jan 2026
  • creditOmar Kurt

Introduced: 18 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-23829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-93  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/axllent/mailpit/server/internal/smtpd to version 1.28.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to CRLF Injection via insufficient validation of FROM and TO parameters. An attacker can inject arbitrary SMTP headers or corrupt existing ones by including carriage return characters in email addresses.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1