DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118178: Debian/thunderbird vulnerability

Published Oct 27, 2026
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Updated

A remote RSS feed could use the itunes:new-feed-url or newLocation element to permanently change its stored subscription URL to a file: URL. Thunderbird then read that location on every feed update. This allowed a malicious feed, or an attacker able to modify a feed delivered over HTTP, to make Thunderbird read local files and, on Windows, connect to an attacker-controlled network share, which could leak the user's NTLM credentials. The NTLM credential leak only affects Thunderbird on Windows. Other operating systems are affected by the local file read only. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 159 and Thunderbird 153.6.

Affected Software

3 affected components
debian/thunderbird*
debian/thunderbird*
debian/thunderbird*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Thunderbird to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 159
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade Thunderbird to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 153.6

Event History

Oct 27, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·07:17 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·07:17 PM
DescriptionAffected Software

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