Answer in brief
CVE-2024-49394 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Mutt: neomutt: in-reply-to email header field it not protected by cryptograpic signing. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps mutt (generic), Red Hat/mutt (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps mutt (generic), Red Hat/mutt (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| muttgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/muttgeneric | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Nov 12, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jun 26, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 26, 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.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.