CVE-2026-55618

eml_parser: URL extraction bypass via HTML entities in URLs

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Aug 25, 2026
Updated
Aug 28, 2026
Reserved
Jun 16, 2026

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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, the clean_found_uri function in eml_parser/parser.py validates potential URL strings before unescaping HTML entities used for colon, slash, or period characters. Valid encoded URLs and their host names are therefore rejected and omitted from the extracted URL and domain lists. Email security gateways and SOC pipelines that use those lists as indicators of compromise may fail to submit the hidden URLs to threat intelligence feeds, reputation services, or sandboxes, allowing malicious links to bypass inspection. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Affected Products

ProductVersions
eml_parserGOVCERT-LU
  • < 3.0.2Affected

References

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