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CVE-2026-22689 (GCVE-0-2026-22689)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-10 05:46 – Updated: 2026-01-12 16:47

Title

Mailpit is vulnerable to Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) allowing unauthenticated access to emails

Summary

Mailpit is an email testing tool and API for developers. Prior to version 1.28.2, the Mailpit WebSocket server is configured to accept connections from any origin. This lack of Origin header validation introduces a Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) vulnerability. An attacker can host a malicious website that, when visited by a developer running Mailpit locally, establishes a WebSocket connection to the victim's Mailpit instance (default ws://localhost:8025). This allows the attacker to intercept sensitive data such as email contents, headers, and server statistics in real-time. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.2.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-12 16:47 UTC

CWE

CWE-1385 - Missing Origin Validation in WebSockets

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7861 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/commit/6f1f4f3…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
axllent	mailpit	Affected: < 1.28.2	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-22689

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-10 06:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:20

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

References

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	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/security/advisories/GHSA-524m-q5m7-79mm	Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	axllent	mailpit	*

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GHSA-524M-Q5M7-79MM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-13 15:11 – Updated: 2026-01-13 15:11

Summary

Mailpit is vulnerable to Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) allowing unauthenticated access to emails

Details

Summary The Mailpit WebSocket server is configured to accept connections from any origin. This lack of Origin header validation introduces a Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) vulnerability.

An attacker can host a malicious website that, when visited by a developer running Mailpit locally, establishes a WebSocket connection to the victim's Mailpit instance (default ws://localhost:8025). This allows the attacker to intercept sensitive data such as email contents, headers, and server statistics in real-time.

Vulnerable Code The vulnerability exists in server/websockets/client.go where the CheckOrigin function is explicitly set to return true for all requests, bypassing standard Same-Origin Policy (SOP) protections provided by the gorilla/websocket library.

https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/blob/877a9159ceeaf380d5bb0e1d84017b24d2e7b361/server/websockets/client.go#L34-L39

Impact This vulnerability impacts the Confidentiality of the data stored in or processed by Mailpit. Although Mailpit is often used as a local development tool, this vulnerability allows remote exploitation via a web browser.

Scenario: A developer has Mailpit running at localhost:8025.
Trigger: The developer visits a malicious website (or a compromised legitimate site) in the same browser.
Exploitation: The malicious site's JavaScript initiates a WebSocket connection to ws://localhost:8025/api/events. Since the origin check is disabled, the browser allows this cross-origin connection.
Data Leak: The attacker receives all broadcasted events, including full email details (subjects, sender/receiver info) and server metrics.

Attack Impact - Real-time notification of new emails - Email metadata (sender, subject, recipients) - Mailbox statistics - All WebSocket broadcast data

Recommended Fix The CheckOrigin function should be removed to allow gorilla/websocket to enforce its default safe behavior (checking that the Origin matches the Host). Alternatively, strict validation logic should be implemented.

Proposed Change (Remove unsafe check):

var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{
    ReadBufferSize:    1024,
    WriteBufferSize:   1024,
    // CheckOrigin: func(r *http.Request) bool { return true }, // REMOVED
    EnableCompression: true,
}

Proof of Concept (PoC): To reproduce this vulnerability:

Start Mailpit (default settings).
Save the following HTML code as poc.html and serve it from a different origin (e.g., using python http.server on port 8000 or opening it directly as a file).
Open the poc_websocket_hijack.html file in your browser.
Send a test email to Mailpit or perform any action in the Mailpit UI.
Observe that the "malicious" page successfully receives the event data.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/axllent/mailpit"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.2.6"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.28.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/axllent/mailpit"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.0.0-20260110031614"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-22689"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1385"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-13T15:11:42Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-10T06:15:51Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "**Summary**\nThe Mailpit WebSocket server is configured to accept connections from any origin. This lack of Origin header validation introduces a Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) vulnerability.\n\nAn attacker can host a malicious website that, when visited by a developer running Mailpit locally, establishes a WebSocket connection to the victim\u0027s Mailpit instance (default ws://localhost:8025). This allows the attacker to intercept sensitive data such as email contents, headers, and server statistics in real-time.\n\n**Vulnerable Code**\nThe vulnerability exists in server/websockets/client.go where the CheckOrigin function is explicitly set to return true for all requests, bypassing standard Same-Origin Policy (SOP) protections provided by the gorilla/websocket library.\n\nhttps://github.com/axllent/mailpit/blob/877a9159ceeaf380d5bb0e1d84017b24d2e7b361/server/websockets/client.go#L34-L39\n\n**Impact**\nThis vulnerability impacts the Confidentiality of the data stored in or processed by Mailpit.\nAlthough Mailpit is often used as a local development tool, this vulnerability allows remote exploitation via a web browser.\n\n- **Scenario**: A developer has Mailpit running at localhost:8025.\n- **Trigger**: The developer visits a malicious website (or a compromised legitimate site) in the same browser.\n- **Exploitation**: The malicious site\u0027s JavaScript initiates a WebSocket connection to ws://localhost:8025/api/events. Since the origin check is disabled, the browser allows this cross-origin connection.\n- **Data Leak**: The attacker receives all broadcasted events, including full email details (subjects, sender/receiver info) and server metrics.\n\n**Attack Impact**\n- Real-time notification of new emails\n- Email metadata (sender, subject, recipients)\n- Mailbox statistics\n- All WebSocket broadcast data\n\n**Recommended Fix**\nThe `CheckOrigin` function should be removed to allow gorilla/websocket to enforce its default safe behavior (checking that the Origin matches the Host). Alternatively, strict validation logic should be implemented.\n\n**Proposed Change (Remove unsafe check):**\n\n```go\nvar upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{\n    ReadBufferSize:    1024,\n    WriteBufferSize:   1024,\n    // CheckOrigin: func(r *http.Request) bool { return true }, // REMOVED\n    EnableCompression: true,\n}\n```\n\n**Proof of Concept (PoC)**: To reproduce this vulnerability:\n\n- Start Mailpit (default settings).\n- Save the following HTML code as poc.html and serve it from a different origin (e.g., using python http.server on port 8000 or opening it directly as a file).\n- Open the [poc_websocket_hijack.html](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24522726/poc_websocket_hijack.html) file in your browser.\n- Send a test email to Mailpit or perform any action in the Mailpit UI.\n- Observe that the \"malicious\" page successfully receives the event data.",
  "id": "GHSA-524m-q5m7-79mm",
  "modified": "2026-01-13T15:11:42Z",
  "published": "2026-01-13T15:11:42Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/security/advisories/GHSA-524m-q5m7-79mm"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22689"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/axllent/mailpit/commit/6f1f4f34c98989fd873261018fb73830b30aec3f"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/axllent/mailpit"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Mailpit is vulnerable to Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) allowing unauthenticated access to emails"
}

WID-SEC-W-2026-0056

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2026-01-11 23:00 - Updated: 2026-01-26 23:00

Summary

MailPit: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen

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1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2026-22689.

CVE-2026-22689

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