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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-0818 EUVD-2026-4880GHSA-r27j-r277-j56h

CSS-based exfiltration of the content from partially encrypted emails when allowing remote content

Published Jan 28, 2026 · Updated Apr 13, 2026 · Assigned by mozilla

Description

When a user explicitly requested Thunderbird to decrypt an inline OpenPGP message that was embedded in a text section of an email that was formatted and styled with HTML and CSS, then the decrypted contents were rendered in a context in which the CSS styles from the outer messages were active. If the user had additionally allowed loading of the remote content referenced by the outer email message, and the email was crafted by the sender using a combination of CSS rules and fonts and animations, then it was possible to extract the secret contents of the email. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 147.0.1 and Thunderbird 140.7.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Thunderbird — 140.7.1

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:140.7.1esr-1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:140.7.1esr-1~deb13u1 DSA-6118-1
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:140.7.1esr-1~deb12u1 DSA-6118-1
Debian 11 thunderbird 1:140.7.1esr-1~deb11u1 DLA-4466-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS thunderbird 1:140.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 MozillaThunderbird 140.7.1-150200.8.254.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0388-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 140.7.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10128-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 MozillaThunderbird 140.8.1-bp160.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20391-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 MozillaThunderbird 140.7.1-150200.8.254.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0388-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 thunderbird 140.7.1-1.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2026-3167

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