PT-2024-10069 · Neomutt+2 · Neomutt+2

Published 2024-10-14 · Updated 2024-11-14 · CVE-2024-49395

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mutt and neomutt (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to PGP encryption in mutt and neomutt, where the --hidden-recipient mode is not used. This may lead to the leakage of the Bcc email header field by inferring from the recipients' information. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, potentially allowing an attacker to disclose protected information.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1230

CWE-200

CWE-1320

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-00226

CVE-2024-49395

Affected Products

Debian

Mutt

Neomutt

References · 19

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00226 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-49395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49395 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49395 · Security Note
• https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/4234 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/101340 · Telegram Post
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49395 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/10571 · Telegram Post
• https://mutt.org/doc/manual/#crypt-protected-headers-read · Note
• https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/490 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.283947 · Note