Request forgery via news: links
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-118179 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mozilla |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-10-27 19:17:29 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-10-27 19:17:29 UTC |
| Description | Clicking a news: or snews: link that referenced a message-ID made Thunderbird connect, without asking, to the host and port given in the link, even if it was not a configured news server. Line breaks in the message-ID were sent to the server unmodified, so a crafted link could send arbitrary commands to services reachable from the user's network. In addition, snews: links to such servers connected without TLS. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 159 and Thunderbird 153.6. |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | Mozilla | Thunderbird | unaffected 153.6 153.* rpm | Not specified |
| CNA | Mozilla | Thunderbird | unaffected 159 * rpm | Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-122 | [email protected] | www.mozilla.org | |
| bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi | [email protected] | bugzilla.mozilla.org | |
| www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-121 | [email protected] | www.mozilla.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
CNA: Nguyen Tuan Hung (en)
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.