The NTLM credential leak only affects Thunderbird on Windows. On other operating systems, the issue allowed a remote request that bypassed remote content blocking. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 159 and Thunderbird 153.6.
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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000
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| Description | When a message containing an OpenPGP key attachment was displayed, Thunderbird automatically loaded the attachment's content to offer importing the key. A sender could mark the attachment as an external attachment pointing to an arbitrary URL, which Thunderbird then loaded without any user interaction, bypassing remote content blocking. On Windows, a URL pointing to an attacker-controlled network share could leak the user's NTLM credentials. The NTLM credential leak only affects Thunderbird on Windows. On other operating systems, the issue allowed a remote request that bypassed remote content blocking. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 159 and Thunderbird 153.6. | |
| Title | Displaying a message could load an attacker-chosen URL through an OpenPGP key attachment | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-27T18:27:46.521Z
Reserved: 2026-10-27T18:16:28.266Z
Link: CVE-2026-118174
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-27T19:17:29.037
Modified: 2026-10-27T19:17:29.037
Link: CVE-2026-118174
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Updated: 2026-10-27T19:30:09Z
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