Security advisory

{
  "id": "f603af1134f68796afd0dfd14a4809be61e22f42c71457b509976b527013816b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38373",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-38373",
    "summary": "In KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3), the SMTP STARTTLS option is not honored (and cleartext messages are sent) unless \"Server requires authentication\" is checked.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-38373",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-38373",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-38373"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kde/kmail",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "75e8d32a308490cc26f246e98f8f15438b0e7b50"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "75e8d32a308490cc26f246e98f8f15438b0e7b50"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kde:kmail:19.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "19.12.3"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "19.12.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "19.12.3",
            "v19.12.3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38373.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:51.802008686Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423",
        "https://nostarttls.secvuln.info"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-38373",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437556,
  "published_at": "2021-08-10T15:15:08.39+00:00"
}