CVE-2026-126135: Mozilla Thunderbird · SMTP and POP3 response injection when using STARTTLS
Affects Mozilla ThunderbirdSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 19:20 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Thin evidence
One scorer or noneExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
This vulnerability is fixed in Thunderbird version 160. Users and administrators should upgrade to Thunderbird 160 or later to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are required as the fix is official and complete.
Description
CVE-2026-126135 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird affecting SMTP and POP3 connections using STARTTLS. An attacker capable of performing a man-in-the-middle attack could inject server responses before the TLS handshake completes. Thunderbird would then process these injected responses as if they were received over the encrypted connection, potentially causing it to report false outcomes for sending or fetching mail and display attacker-controlled error messages. The encrypted connection and user credentials remain secure. This issue does not affect connections using SSL/TLS instead of STARTTLS. The vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird version 160.