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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2024-27448

MailDev 2 through 2.1.0 allows Remote Code Execution via a crafted Content-ID header for an e-mail attachment, leading to lib/mailserver.js writing arbitrary code into the routes.js file.

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2 Nov 2026, 18:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2024-27448

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Apr 2024, 00:00 UTC

MailDev 2 through 2.1.0 allows Remote Code Execution via a crafted Content-ID header for an e-mail attachment, leading to lib/mailserver.js writing arbitrary code into the routes.js file.

osv:CVE-2024-27448
Complete source record
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  "id": "1b61f1db0a9ae6c4602e7e86d77106ca071b024505ef475517d081bb5b84292e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27448",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-27448",
    "summary": "MailDev 2 through 2.1.0 allows Remote Code Execution via a crafted Content-ID header for an e-mail attachment, leading to lib/mailserver.js writing arbitrary code into the routes.js file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-27448",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-27448",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-27448",
        "GHSA-vc6q-ccj9-9r89"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/maildev/maildev",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "f2d7f253ae145dddd86a9a5633039ee68b3e1a73"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.1.0",
            "v2.0.5",
            "v2.0.4",
            "v2.0.3",
            "list",
            "v2.0.2",
            "v2.0.1",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v1.1.1",
            "v1.1.0",
            "1.0.0",
            "1.0.0-rc3",
            "1.0.0-rc2",
            "1.0.0-rc1",
            "0.14.0",
            "0.13.4",
            "0.13.3",
            "0.13.2",
            "0.13.1",
            "0.13.0",
            "0.12.2",
            "0.12.1",
            "0.12.0",
            "0.11.0",
            "0.10.0",
            "0.9.1",
            "0.9.0",
            "0.8.1",
            "0.8.0",
            "0.7.0",
            "0.6.3",
            "0.6.2",
            "0.6.1",
            "0.6.0",
            "0.5.2",
            "0.5.1",
            "0.5.0",
            "0.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-27448.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:22.414891062Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gist.github.com/stypr/fe2003f00959f7e3d92ab9d5260433f8",
        "https://intrix.com.au/articles/exposing-major-security-flaw-in-maildev",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/27xxx/CVE-2024-27448.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27448",
        "https://github.com/maildev/maildev/issues/467",
        "https://github.com/Tim-Hoekstra/MailDev-2.1.0-Exploit-RCE",
        "https://github.com/maildev/maildev/releases"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/27xxx/CVE-2024-27448.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2024-27448",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 488604,
  "published_at": "2024-04-05T00:00:00+00:00"
}