Security advisory
K-9 Mail v5.600 can include the original quoted HTML code of a specially crafted, benign looking, email within (digitally signed) reply messages. The quoted part can contain conditional statements that show completely different text if opened in a different email client. This can be abused by an attacker to obtain valid S/MIME or PGP signatures for arbitrary content to be displayed to a third party. NOTE: the vendor states "We don't plan to take any action because of this."
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-10741
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
K-9 Mail v5.600 can include the original quoted HTML code of a specially crafted, benign looking, email within (digitally signed) reply messages. The quoted part can contain conditional statements that show completely different text if opened in a different email client. This can be abused by an attacker to obtain valid S/MIME or PGP signatures for arbitrary content to be displayed to a third party. NOTE: the vendor states "We don't plan to take any action because of this."
osv:CVE-2019-10741
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10741",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2019-10741",
"summary": "K-9 Mail v5.600 can include the original quoted HTML code of a specially crafted, benign looking, email within (digitally signed) reply messages. The quoted part can contain conditional statements that show completely different text if opened in a different email client. This can be abused by an attacker to obtain valid S/MIME or PGP signatures for arbitrary content to be displayed to a third party. NOTE: the vendor states \"We don't plan to take any action because of this.\"",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-10741",
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"severity": "medium",
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-10741"
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"metrics": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
}
],
"affected": [
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"type": "GIT",
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"source": "CPE_STRING"
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"versions": [
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"database_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:37.747075355Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/3925"
],
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 381919,
"published_at": "2019-04-07T15:29:00.45+00:00"
}