Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting thunderbird package, versions [,140.7.1)[141.0.0,147.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-THUNDERBIRD-15182591
  • published3 Feb 2026
  • disclosed28 Jan 2026
  • creditLeon Trampert, Daniel Weber, Christian Rossow, Michael Schwarz

Introduced: 28 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-0818  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thunderbird to version 140.7.1, 147.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output via the rendering of remote content in partially encrypted emails. An attacker can access sensitive information by crafting emails that leverage CSS to exfiltrate the content of the unencrypted portions when remote content is permitted.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1