Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting thunderbird package, versions [,158.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-THUNDERBIRD-21280768
  • published20 Oct 2026
  • disclosed20 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-113866  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-319  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thunderbird to version 158.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information due to the AutoDiscover process transmitting user credentials over plain HTTP. An attacker can intercept sensitive information by performing a man-in-the-middle attack on the network during account setup.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1