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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-9148

Mailvelope prior to 3.3.0 accepts or operates with invalid PGP public keys: Mailvelope allows importing keys that contain users without a valid self-certification. Keys that are obviously invalid are not rejected during import. An attacker that is able to get a victim to import a manipulated key could claim to have signed a message that originates from another person.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-9148

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Jul 2019, 21:15 UTC

Mailvelope prior to 3.3.0 accepts or operates with invalid PGP public keys: Mailvelope allows importing keys that contain users without a valid self-certification. Keys that are obviously invalid are not rejected during import. An attacker that is able to get a victim to import a manipulated key could claim to have signed a message that originates from another person.

osv:CVE-2019-9148
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-9148",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2019-9148",
    "summary": "Mailvelope prior to 3.3.0 accepts or operates with invalid PGP public keys: Mailvelope allows importing keys that contain users without a valid self-certification. Keys that are obviously invalid are not rejected during import. An attacker that is able to get a victim to import a manipulated key could claim to have signed a message that originates from another person.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-9148",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
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                },
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:44.555732612Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mailvelope/mailvelope/blob/master/Changelog.md#v330",
        "https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/BSI/Publications/Studies/Mailvelope_Extensions/Mailvelope_Extensions_pdf.html",
        "https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/BSI/Publications/Studies/Mailvelope_Extensions/Mailvelope_Extensions_pdf.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
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        "value": "CVE-2019-9148",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382843,
  "published_at": "2019-07-09T21:15:11.27+00:00"
}