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TI-2021-11848 Aliases CVE-2021-31855GHSA-h76g-vp43-8cw5

KDE Messagelib through 5.17.0 reveals cleartext of encrypted messages in some situations.

Priority LOW 30CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

KDE Messagelib through 5.17.0 reveals cleartext of encrypted messages in some situations. Deleting an attachment of a decrypted encrypted message stored on a remote server (e.g., an IMAP server) causes KMail to upload the decrypted content of the message to the remote server. With a crafted message, a user could be tricked into decrypting an encrypted message and then deleting an attachment attached to this message. If the attacker has access to the messages stored on the email server, then the attacker could read the decrypted content of the encrypted message. This occurs in ViewerPrivate::deleteAttachment in messageviewer/src/viewer/viewer_p.cpp.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00609 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kde:messagelib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.17.0VulnerableKDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:messagelib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.17.0 Vulnerable ·KDE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-31855
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h76g-vp43-8cw5

References

  • TI-2017-07005 KDE kmail before 5.5.2 and messagelib before 5.5.2, as distributed in KDE Applications… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5

Sources