Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| lettre | lettre | >= 0.10.1, < 0.11.22 |
References
- https://github.com/lettre/lettre/commit/f5efffc88360dbdbfcef80f465e42d5bce68ca35
- https://github.com/lettre/lettre/releases/tag/v0.11.22
- https://github.com/lettre/lettre/security/advisories/GHSA-4pj9-g833-qx53
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0141.html
- https://github.com/lettre/lettre/security/advisories/GHSA-4pj9-g833-qx53
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 20, 2026
- Last modified
- Jul 23, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred