CVE-2026-44742
Postorius through 1.3.13 does not escape HTML in the message subject when rendering it in the Held messages pop-up, as exploited in the wild in May 2026.
02 Description
Postorius through 1.3.13 does not escape HTML in the message subject when rendering it in the Held messages pop-up, as exploited in the wild in May 2026.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 14.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-05-07 18:09Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-25 23:25Z5 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-05-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- cf1e2e7f4888ed977725f1519e408c0df8d8d1770d7d6b6fe5e3d296d83be636
05 Affected products
06 References
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/mailman/postorius/-/commit/c4706abd05ba6bcf472fc674b160d3a9d6a4868b
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/mailman/postorius/-/merge_requests/972
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/mailman/postorius/-/issues/620
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/3
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00045.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- postorius Fixed in 1.3.8-3+deb12u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- postorius Fixed in 1.3.13-1+deb13u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- postorius No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- postorius Fixed in 1.3.13-1ubuntu1.1~25.10.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- postorius Fixed in 1.3.13-1ubuntu1.1~26.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- postorius No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- postorius Fixed in 1.1.2-3ubuntu0.1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- postorius Fixed in 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- postorius Fixed in 1.3.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS
- postorius Fixed in 1.3.10-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.