CVE-2026-22689
Mailpit is vulnerable to Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) allowing unauthenticated access to emails
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Jan 10, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 12, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 8, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1385 Missing Origin Validation in WebSockets
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
mailpitaxllent |
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References
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