eml_parser serves as a python module for parsing eml files and returning various information found in the e-mail as well as computed information. Prior to 3.0.2, the clean_found_uri function in eml_parser/parser.py validates potential URL strings before unescaping HTML entities used for colon, slash, or period characters. Valid encoded URLs and their host names are therefore rejected and omitted from the extracted URL and domain lists. Email security gateways and SOC pipelines that use those lists as indicators of compromise may fail to submit the hidden URLs to threat intelligence feeds, reputation services, or sandboxes, allowing malicious links to bypass inspection. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.2.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fxgq-9m89-cxj9 eml_parser has a URL extraction bypass via HTML entities in URLs
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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Govcert-lu
Govcert-lu eml Parser
Vendors & Products Govcert-lu
Govcert-lu eml Parser

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description eml_parser serves as a python module for parsing eml files and returning various information found in the e-mail as well as computed information. Prior to 3.0.2, the clean_found_uri function in eml_parser/parser.py validates potential URL strings before unescaping HTML entities used for colon, slash, or period characters. Valid encoded URLs and their host names are therefore rejected and omitted from the extracted URL and domain lists. Email security gateways and SOC pipelines that use those lists as indicators of compromise may fail to submit the hidden URLs to threat intelligence feeds, reputation services, or sandboxes, allowing malicious links to bypass inspection. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.2.
Title eml_parser: URL extraction bypass via HTML entities in URLs
Weaknesses CWE-116
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T18:21:56.178Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T23:31:22.446Z

Link: CVE-2026-55618

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T19:16:50.323

Modified: 2026-08-25T19:16:50.323

Link: CVE-2026-55618

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T20:30:17Z

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