CVE-2024-49395

MEDIUM

mutt and neomutt - Exposure of Sensitive Information via PGP Encryption Metadata

Title source: llm

Description

In mutt and neomutt, PGP encryption does not use the --hidden-recipient mode which may leak the Bcc email header field by inferring from the recipients info.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49395

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325332

https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/4223#issuecomment-2040209956

https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4221

https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4227

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0029

EPSS Percentile 21.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-1230

Status published

Products (8)

mutt/mutt

neomutt/neomutt

Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0

redhat/enterprise_linux 9.0

Published Nov 12, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026