Description
When a CalDAV or ICS calendar was accessed through an HTTP proxy that requested authentication, Thunderbird could answer the proxy with the calendar server's username and password. This affected both setting up a new calendar and syncing existing calendars, where a saved password could be sent without any user interaction. A malicious or compromised proxy could use this to obtain the calendar credentials, even for calendars served over HTTPS. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 160 and Thunderbird 153.7.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | — | 153.7 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | thunderbird | 1:153.7.0esr-1~deb13u1 | — |
| Debian 12 | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-4515 Mozilla Firefox und Thunderbird: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026