Description
When replying to, forwarding, or editing a crafted email message as new, Thunderbird could embed parts of a different message stored in the same folder into the message being composed, without showing a blocked content warning. If the user sent the message, the content of the other message was disclosed to the recipients. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 159 and Thunderbird 153.6.
Published: 2026-10-27
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

History

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-201
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description When replying to, forwarding, or editing a crafted email message as new, Thunderbird could embed parts of a different message stored in the same folder into the message being composed, without showing a blocked content warning. If the user sent the message, the content of the other message was disclosed to the recipients. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 159 and Thunderbird 153.6.
Title Content of other messages could be included when replying to a crafted message
References

Subscriptions

Mozilla Thunderbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T18:27:47.611Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T18:16:29.111Z

Link: CVE-2026-118175

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-27T19:17:29.150

Modified: 2026-10-28T14:42:32.260

Link: CVE-2026-118175

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-27T18:16:29Z

Links: CVE-2026-118175 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T13:45:17Z

Weaknesses