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mutt — security advisory
Mutt 1.5.13 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Mutt from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.
- Products
- mutt
- Affected versions
- 2.2.12-0.1, 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1, 2.2.13-1, 2.2.13-1+deb13u1, 2.2.13-1+deb13u2, 2.2.9-1, 2.2.9-1+deb12u1, 2.3.2-1, 2.4.0-1, 2.4.1-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-1268
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:57 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Mutt 1.5.13 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Mutt from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1268
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Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1268",
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"modified": "2026-10-21T17:47:50.177801395Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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],
"references": [
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]
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 398722,
"published_at": "2007-03-06T20:19:00+00:00"
}