CVE-2020-26965
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-26965
To remediate CVE-2020-26965, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 78.5.0esr-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:78.5.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-26965 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 78.5.0esr-1
- from 0, < 1:78.5.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |