When folding a long comment in an email header containing exclusively unfoldable characters, the parenthesis would not be preserved. This could be used for injecting headers into email messages where addresses are user-controlled and not sanitized.
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Description When folding a long comment in an email header containing exclusively unfoldable characters, the parenthesis would not be preserved. This could be used for injecting headers into email messages where addresses are user-controlled and not sanitized.
Title Folding email comments of unfoldable characters doesn't preserve parenthesis
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PSF

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-21T16:14:56.710Z

Reserved: 2025-10-07T21:04:42.377Z

Link: CVE-2025-11468

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-20T22:15:50.690

Modified: 2026-01-20T23:16:05.123

Link: CVE-2025-11468

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Updated: 2026-01-21T20:18:54Z

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