CVE-2026-126135
SMTP and POP3 response injection when using STARTTLS
Description
If an attacker was able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack on an SMTP or POP3 server connection using STARTTLS, the attacker could inject server responses before the TLS handshake completed. Thunderbird would process these responses after the handshake, as if they had been received from the server over the encrypted connection. This could be used to make Thunderbird report a different outcome for sending or fetching mail, and to show attacker-controlled text in error messages. The encrypted connection itself was not compromised, and credentials were not exposed. Connections using SSL/TLS instead of STARTTLS were not affected. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 160.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 10, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 10, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
mozilla
Solution
- Update Thunderbird to version 160 or later.
- Verify that STARTTLS is used for email connections.
- Ensure server configurations enforce TLS properly.
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