Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-38373
CVE-2021-38373
Description
In KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3), the SMTP STARTTLS option is not honored (and cleartext messages are sent) unless "Server requires authentication" is checked.
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Affected products
3- KDE/KMaildescription
Patches
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References
2- bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cginvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
- nostarttls.secvuln.infonvdThird Party Advisory
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