Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character Affecting mutt package, versions [,2.3.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MUTT-16414773
  • published4 May 2026
  • disclosed4 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-43861  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-158  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mutt to version 2.3.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character in the url_pct_decode function. An attacker can cause unintended behavior or bypass input validation by supplying input containing a null byte.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1