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CVE-2026-55620: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GOVCERT-LU eml_parser

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-55620cvecve-2026-55620cwe-770cwe-1124
Published: 08/25/2026 (08/25/2026, 18:26:54 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: GOVCERT-LU
Product: eml_parser

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.routing.noparenthesis in eml_parser/routing.py removes parenthesized CFWS comments from Received: headers with a regex-based fix-point loop whose running time is quadratic in the nesting depth. A single Received: header with 5,000 nested parentheses causes approximately 1.3 seconds of CPU saturation per parsed message, and doubling the nesting depth approximately quadruples the running time. An attacker can submit relatively small EML files that consume multiple seconds of processing time, causing worker latency, queue backpressure, and possible service-level outages in synchronous gateways, sandboxes, and real-time triage pipelines. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.2.

CVSS v3.1

Score 7.5high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-06-16T23:31:22.446Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a8de143acd9273b4991a18f

Added to database: 08/25/2026, 18:38:59 UTC

Last updated: 08/25/2026, 18:38:59 UTC

Views: 1

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