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CVE-2026-126135: Mozilla Thunderbird · SMTP and POP3 response injection when using STARTTLS

Affects Mozilla ThunderbirdSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 19:20 UTC

Severity
Unrated

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

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Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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.

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