postal-mime: Quadratic CPU consumption when decoding a header of many joinable RFC 2047 base64 encoded words
High-risk advisory
Summary
postal-mime: Quadratic CPU consumption when decoding a header of many joinable RFC 2047 base64 encoded words
Why it matters
GitHub has published a reviewed security advisory for postal-mime. Prioritize it with other application dependency updates.
Operator check
Check whether postal-mime is present in application dependency manifests, lockfiles, or build images. Review the GitHub advisory and upgrade to a patched version where available.
Sources
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