Arbitrary SMTP commands via CRLF in addresses
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Command injection in Cole Maclean aiosmtplib before 5.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject SMTP commands via crafted addresses. SMTP.mail(), rcpt(), vrfy(), and expn() pass sender and recipient strings to the SMTP control connection verbatim, and the lower-level execute_command path did not reject control characters before appending CRLF and writing the command. Exposure requires attacker-controlled envelope data to reach those methods directly or through sendmail() or send() without a Message object; successful injection can desynchronize the session, hang the aiosmtplib instance, or send an arbitrary message, while send_message() is not affected.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in Cole Maclean aiosmtplib before 5.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject SMTP commands via crafted addresses. SMTP.mail(), rcpt(), vrfy(), and expn() pass sender and recipient strings to the SMTP control connection verbatim, and the lower-level execute_command path did not reject control characters before appending CRLF and writing the command. Exposure requires attacker-controlled envelope data to reach those methods directly or through sendmail() or send() without a Message object; successful injection can desynchronize the session, hang the aiosmtplib instance, or send an arbitrary message, while send_message() is not affected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-53533
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Cole Maclean
- Product
- aiosmtplib
- Classifications
- CWE-93, CWE-77, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 5.1.1
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