Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting eml-parser package, versions [,3.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-EMLPARSER-20158949
  • published27 Sept 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-55618  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade eml-parser to version 3.0.2 or higher.

Overview

eml-parser is a Python EML parser library

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in the URL extraction process. An attacker can cause valid URLs containing HTML entities to be omitted from extraction by encoding characters such as :, /, or . as HTML entities, resulting in these URLs not being checked against security feeds or reputation services.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1