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Content of other messages could be included when replying to a crafted message

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

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.

Products
Thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-118175
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 15:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Content of other messages could be included when replying to a crafted message

core-cve · Original source

Published 27 Oct 2026, 18:16 UTC

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.

cve:CVE-2026-118175

Thunderbird

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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