Description

Bug Description
When an Entry (or Editor) is configured as a password field (IsPassword=true), screen readers announce the characters that the user types, effectively exposing the password. This violates expected password masking behavior and constitutes a privacy/security concern.

<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="PasswordNarratorIssue.MainPage"
Title="Password Narrator Issue">
<VerticalStackLayout>
<Label Text="Password" />
<Entry x:Name="PasswordEntry"
IsPassword="True"
Placeholder="Enter password" />
<Button Text="Login" />
</VerticalStackLayout>
</ContentPage>

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new .NET MAUI app (or use the sample below).
2. Add an Entry with IsPassword="True".
3. Open the narrator
4. Enter the password in entry.

Actual behavior: Note that the entered characters are prompted out by narrator.
Expected behavior: Narrator should say either hidden or Dot

Link to public reproduction project repository

No response

Version with bug

10.0.30

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Not sure, did not test other versions

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Windows

Affected platform versions

Windows 10 SDK 10.0.22000

Did you find any workaround?

No

Relevant log output