Description
eml_parser serves as a python module for parsing eml files and returning various information found in the e-mail as well as computed information. Prior to 3.0.2, eml_parser.parser.HeaderParser.header_fetch_parse in eml_parser/parser.py uses email.utils.getaddresses() to parse address-bearing e-mail headers. A deeply nested CFWS comment construct exhausts the standard-library recursive descent parser's call stack and raises RecursionError, which is not caught and therefore aborts parsing of the entire message. An attacker can disrupt SOC pipelines that process untrusted EML files, although callers already need to handle exceptions from malformed or pathological messages. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.2.
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m66c-fw79-6359 eml_parser has parser DoS via deeply nested parentheses in e-mail headers
History

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description eml_parser serves as a python module for parsing eml files and returning various information found in the e-mail as well as computed information. Prior to 3.0.2, eml_parser.parser.HeaderParser.header_fetch_parse in eml_parser/parser.py uses email.utils.getaddresses() to parse address-bearing e-mail headers. A deeply nested CFWS comment construct exhausts the standard-library recursive descent parser's call stack and raises RecursionError, which is not caught and therefore aborts parsing of the entire message. An attacker can disrupt SOC pipelines that process untrusted EML files, although callers already need to handle exceptions from malformed or pathological messages. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.2.
Title eml_parser: Parser DoS via deeply nested parentheses in e-mail headers
Weaknesses CWE-1124
CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T19:20:15.362Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T23:31:22.446Z

Link: CVE-2026-55619

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T19:16:50.477

Modified: 2026-08-25T19:16:50.477

Link: CVE-2026-55619

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-1124

    Excessively Deep Nesting

  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling