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CVE-2025-15366 (GCVE-0-2025-15366)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-20 21:40 – Updated: 2026-08-06 00:37
VLAI
Title
IMAP command injection in user-controlled commands
Summary
The imaplib module, when passed a user-controlled command, can have additional commands injected using newlines. Mitigation rejects commands containing control characters.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-22 04:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Python Software Foundation CPython Affected: 0 , < 3.13.15 (python)
Affected: 3.14.0 , < 3.14.7 (python)
Affected: 3.15.0a1 , < 3.15.0a6 (python)
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Credits
Omar M. Hasan
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