Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting eml-parser package, versions [,3.0.1)
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- published11 May 2026
- disclosed8 May 2026
- creditSebasteuo
Introduced: 8 May 2026
CVE-2026-44844 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade eml-parser to version 3.0.1 or higher.
Overview
eml-parser is a Python EML parser library
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion through the get_raw_body_text function. An attacker can cause the application to crash by supplying an email file with deeply nested message/rfc822 attachments, leading to unhandled recursion errors and termination of the parsing process.