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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | — | 153.6 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | thunderbird | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | thunderbird | 1:153.6.0esr-1~deb13u1 | — |
| Debian 12 | thunderbird | 1:153.6.0esr-1~deb12u2 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | mozjs102 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | mozjs78 +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | mozjs52 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | mozjs38 +1 | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaThunderbird | 153.6.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:12339-1 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | thunderbird | 153.6.0-1.amzn2.0.1 | ALAS2-2026-4105 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 10 | thunderbird | 153.6.0-1.0.1.el10_2 | ELSA-2026-96079 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | thunderbird | 153.6.0-1.0.1.el9_8 | ELSA-2026-96081 |
Advisories 5
- WID-SEC-2026-4216 Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, und Thunderbird: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
- ALAS2-2026-4105 Important: thunderbird security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Nov 12, 2026
- ELSA-2026-96079 Important: thunderbird security update (Oracle Linux 10) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Nov 9, 2026
- ELSA-2026-96081 Important: thunderbird security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Nov 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:12339-1 MozillaThunderbird-153.6.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Oct 31, 2026