CVE-2020-26965

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 9, 2020 at 12:24 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:08 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorFirefoxThunderbirdFirefox ESR

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Some websites have a feature "Show Password" where clicking a button will change a password field into a textbook field, revealing the typed password. If, when using a software keyboard that remembers user input, a user typed their password and used that feature, the type of the password field was changed, resulting in a keyboard layout change and the possibility for the software keyboard to remember the typed password. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 83
Affected range stops below 83, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 83.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 78.5
Affected range stops below 78.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 78.5
Affected range stops below 78.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661617

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-212

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