DEBIAN-CVE-2026-126135: Debian/thunderbird vulnerability

Published Nov 10, 2026
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Updated

If an attacker was able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack on an SMTP or POP3 server connection using STARTTLS, the attacker could inject server responses before the TLS handshake completed. Thunderbird would process these responses after the handshake, as if they had been received from the server over the encrypted connection. This could be used to make Thunderbird report a different outcome for sending or fetching mail, and to show attacker-controlled text in error messages. The encrypted connection itself was not compromised, and credentials were not exposed. Connections using SSL/TLS instead of STARTTLS were not affected. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 160 and Thunderbird 153.7.

Affected Software

3 affected components
debian/thunderbird*
debian/thunderbird*
debian/thunderbird*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Thunderbird to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 160
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade Thunderbird to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 153.7

Event History

Nov 10, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·07:21 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·07:21 PM
DescriptionAffected Software

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