CVE-2026-118175

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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.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Deferred

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-10-27 19:17:29.150000

Last modified

2026-10-28 14:42:32.260000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-118175",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-27T19:17:29.150",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-28T14:42:32.260",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Mozilla",
          "product": "Thunderbird",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "153.6",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "153.*",
              "versionType": "rpm",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "159",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "rpm",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2081720",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-121/",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-122/",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}