CVE-2025-59937
go-mail has insufficient address encoding when passing mail addresses to the SMTP client
Description
go-mail is a comprehensive library for sending mails with Go. In versions 0.7.0 and below, due to incorrect handling of the mail.Address values when a sender- or recipient address is passed to the corresponding MAIL FROM or RCPT TO commands of the SMTP client, there is a possibility of wrong address routing or even ESMTP parameter smuggling. For successful exploitation, it is required that the user's code allows for arbitrary mail address input (i. e. through a web form or similar). If only static mail addresses are used (i. e. in a config file) and the mail addresses in use do not consist of quoted local parts, this should not affect users. This issue is fixed in version 0.7.1
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 29, 2025, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 16, 2025, 3:55 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the go-mail library to version 0.7.1.
- Validate all sender and recipient mail addresses.
- Sanitize user-provided mail address input.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2025-59937.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/commit/42e92cfe027be04aff72921adb0f72f11d517479 | Patch |
| https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/issues/495 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/pull/496 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/security/advisories/GHSA-wpwj-69cm-q9c5 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/issues/495 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 16, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Added CWE CWE-88 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pebcak:go-mail:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.7.1 Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/commit/42e92cfe027be04aff72921adb0f72f11d517479 Types: Patch Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/issues/495 Types: Exploit, Issue Tracking Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/pull/496 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/security/advisories/GHSA-wpwj-69cm-q9c5 Types: Vendor Advisory Added Reference Type CISA-ADP: https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/issues/495 Types: Exploit, Issue Tracking -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Sep. 30, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/issues/495 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description go-mail is a comprehensive library for sending mails with Go. In versions 0.7.0 and below, due to incorrect handling of the mail.Address values when a sender- or recipient address is passed to the corresponding MAIL FROM or RCPT TO commands of the SMTP client, there is a possibility of wrong address routing or even ESMTP parameter smuggling. For successful exploitation, it is required that the user's code allows for arbitrary mail address input (i. e. through a web form or similar). If only static mail addresses are used (i. e. in a config file) and the mail addresses in use do not consist of quoted local parts, this should not affect users. This issue is fixed in version 0.7.1 Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CWE CWE-88 Added Reference https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/commit/42e92cfe027be04aff72921adb0f72f11d517479 Added Reference https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/issues/495 Added Reference https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/pull/496 Added Reference https://github.com/wneessen/go-mail/security/advisories/GHSA-wpwj-69cm-q9c5