When setting up an account, Thunderbird's Exchange AutoDiscover lookup also queried the domain's AutoDiscover service over plain HTTP. Due to a bug, that unencrypted request included the credentials the user had entered, allowing a network attacker to obtain the user's password. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158.0.1.
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| Description | When setting up an account, Thunderbird's Exchange AutoDiscover lookup also queried the domain's AutoDiscover service over plain HTTP. Due to a bug, that unencrypted request included the credentials the user had entered, allowing a network attacker to obtain the user's password. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158.0.1. | When setting up an account, Thunderbird's Exchange AutoDiscover lookup also queried the domain's AutoDiscover service over plain HTTP. Due to a bug, that unencrypted request included the credentials the user had entered, allowing a network attacker to obtain the user's password. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158.0.1 and Thunderbird 153.5.1. |
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000
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| Description | When setting up an account, Thunderbird's Exchange AutoDiscover lookup also queried the domain's AutoDiscover service over plain HTTP. Due to a bug, that unencrypted request included the credentials the user had entered, allowing a network attacker to obtain the user's password. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158.0.1. | |
| Title | Account password sent unencrypted during Exchange account setup | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-20T19:46:38.284Z
Reserved: 2026-10-20T19:14:54.467Z
Link: CVE-2026-113866
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-20T20:17:19.397
Modified: 2026-10-20T20:17:19.397
Link: CVE-2026-113866
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