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CVE-2026-46428 (GCVE-0-2026-46428)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-20 15:37 – Updated: 2026-07-21 15:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
lettre has TLS hostname verification disabled when using Boring TLS backend
Summary
lettre is a a mailer library for Rust. Starting in version 0.10.1 and prior to version 0.11.22, an inverted-boolean bug in lettre's `boring-tls` integration silently disables TLS hostname verification for callers using the default (strict) configuration. An on-path attacker presenting any chain-valid certificate for any domain can intercept SMTP submission, including PLAIN/LOGIN credentials and message contents, against any lettre user built with the `boring-tls` feature. Other TLS backends (`native-tls`, `rustls`) are unaffected. Version 0.11.22 patches the issue.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-21 15:48 UTC
CWE
- CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
GitHub_M
CNA
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/lettre/lettre/security/advisor… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/lettre/lettre/commit/f5efffc88… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/lettre/lettre/releases/tag/v0.11.22 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0141.html | x_refsource_MISC |
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