CVE catalog

CVE-2024-49394

NeoMutt vulnerabilities

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Published: Nov 11, 2024, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.33% · Oct 25, 2026

In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker to reuse an unencrypted but signed email message to impersonate the original sender.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	mutt	sid	`2.4.1-1.1`	vulnerable
Debian	mutt	forky	`2.4.1-1`	vulnerable
Debian	mutt	trixie	`2.2.13-1+deb13u1`	vulnerable
Debian	mutt	trixie-security	`2.2.13-1+deb13u2`	vulnerable
Debian	mutt	bookworm	`2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1`	vulnerable
Debian	mutt	bookworm-security	`2.2.9-1+deb12u1`	vulnerable
Debian	neomutt	sid	`20260616+dfsg-1`	fixed
Debian	neomutt	forky	`20260616+dfsg-1`	fixed
Debian	neomutt	trixie	`20250510+dfsg-2`	fixed
Debian	neomutt	bookworm	`20220429+dfsg1-4.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mutt	noble	Not reported	vulnerable
Ubuntu	neomutt	noble	Not reported	vulnerable
Ubuntu	neomutt	noble	`20231103+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	mutt	source	sid	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	mutt	source	forky	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	mutt	source	trixie	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	mutt	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	neomutt	source	sid	`20241002+dfsg-1`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	neomutt	source	forky	`20241002+dfsg-1`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	neomutt	source	trixie	`20241002+dfsg-1`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	neomutt	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	neomutt	deb	noble	`20231103+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[mutt]Affected
Details (4)
- 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · mutt · debian · bookworm; usn · mutt · debian · 12
- 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · mutt · debian · bookworm; usn · mutt · debian · 12
- 2.2.9-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Affected
  usn · mutt · debian · bookworm; usn · mutt · debian · 12
- 2.2.9-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Affected
  usn · mutt · debian · bookworm; usn · mutt · debian · 12
[neomutt]Affected
Details (4)
- 20220429+dfsg1-4.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · neomutt · debian · bookworm; usn · neomutt · debian · 12
- 20220429+dfsg1-4.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · neomutt · debian · bookworm; usn · neomutt · debian · 12
- 20250510+dfsg-2~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Affected
  usn · neomutt · debian · bookworm; usn · neomutt · debian · 12
- 20250510+dfsg-2~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Affected
  usn · neomutt · debian · bookworm; usn · neomutt · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[mutt]Affected
Details (3)
- 2.2.13-1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · mutt · debian · 13
- 2.2.13-1+deb13u1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · mutt · debian · 13
- 2.2.13-1+deb13u2 · amd64 · trixie-security
  Affected
  usn · mutt · debian · 13
[neomutt]Fixed
Details (4)
- 20250510+dfsg-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 20241002+dfsg-1
  usn · neomutt · debian · 13
- 20250510+dfsg-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 20241002+dfsg-1
  usn · neomutt · debian · 13
- 20260105+dfsg-1~bpo13+1 · amd64 · trixie-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 20241002+dfsg-1
  usn · neomutt · debian · 13
- 20260105+dfsg-1~bpo13+1 · arm64 · trixie-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 20241002+dfsg-1
  usn · neomutt · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 27, 2026, 6:49:06 PM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]