CVE-2026-118180

medium

Description

When logging in to a Matrix account, Thunderbird used the homeserver address provided in the server's login response without validating it. A malicious or compromised homeserver could provide a file: URL, causing Thunderbird to send all further Matrix requests of that session to local files or, on Windows, to an attacker-controlled network share, which could leak the user's NTLM credentials. The NTLM credential leak only affects Thunderbird on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 159 and Thunderbird 153.6.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-122/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-121/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-111357

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2080939

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-27

Updated: 2026-10-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00174