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CVE-2024-49394 (GCVE-0-2024-49394)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-12 02:07 – Updated: 2026-06-26 01:22

Title

Mutt: neomutt: in-reply-to email header field it not protected by cryptograpic signing

Summary

In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker to reuse an unencrypted but signed email message to impersonate the original sender.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-11-12 14:24 UTC

CWE

CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49394	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325330	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/4226
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4221
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4227

Impacted products

4 products

Vendor	Product	Version

Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Date Public

2024-11-11 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2024-49394

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-11-12 03:15 - Updated: 2026-06-26 02:16

Severity

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

URL	Tags
secalert@redhat.com	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49394	Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325330	Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/4226
secalert@redhat.com	https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4221
secalert@redhat.com	https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4227

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
mutt	mutt	-
neomutt	neomutt	-
redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0
redhat	enterprise_linux	9.0

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GHSA-Q998-8JFF-X3RG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-12 03:30 – Updated: 2026-06-26 03:31

Details

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

Show details on source website

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OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14527-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-11-26 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 21:21

Summary

neomutt-20241114-1.1 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2024-49394.

CVE-2024-49394

3.7 (Low)


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

Recommended: 16 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49394 (CVE-2024-49394)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-11-12 03:15 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:12 – Source website

Details

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49394	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49394	REPORT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325330	REPORT
	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49394	REPORT
	https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/490#note…	REPORT
	http://mutt.org/doc/manual/#crypt-protected-heade…	REPORT
	https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/13cfc6f…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7204-1	ADVISORY

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  "details": "In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker to reuse an unencrypted but signed email message to impersonate the original sender.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49394",
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WID-SEC-W-2024-3472

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2024-11-14 23:00 - Updated: 2025-01-15 23:00

Summary

mutt: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Mittel

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2024-49394.

CVE-2024-49394

Es existieren mehrere Schwachstellen in Mutt. Diese Fehler bestehen wegen unsachgemäßer kryptografischer Validierung und Konfiguration in der Verarbeitung von E-Mail-Headern und Verschlüsselungskomponenten. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann diese Schwachstellen ausnutzen, um Daten zu manipulieren, die Vertraulichkeit von Nachrichten zu kompromittieren oder den ursprünglichen Absender zu imitieren.

Known affected: 5 products

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CVE-2024-49394 (GCVE-0-2024-49394)

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GHSA-Q998-8JFF-X3RG

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UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49394 (CVE-2024-49394)

WID-SEC-W-2024-3472

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