Medium, CVSS 5.3MavenPublished
Apache James MIME4J improper input validation vulnerability
CVE-2024-21742 · GHSA-jw7r-rxff-gv24
- Affected
- Maven org.apache.james:apache-mime4j-core < 0.8.10
- Fixed in
- 0.8.10· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Improper input validation allows for header injection in MIME4J library when using MIME4J DOM for composing message. This can be exploited by an attacker to add unintended headers to MIME messages.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.8.10 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.