Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Thunderbird as packaged by Red Hat have been addressed in an important security update. These include memory safety bugs, JavaScript engine issues, incorrect URL handling in Content Security Policy (CSP) reports, and potential user-assisted code execution. The update fixes nine CVEs related to Thunderbird and Firefox components, impacting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 variants. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:13648) for Mozilla Thunderbird addressing nine security vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-8027, CVE-2025-8028, CVE-2025-8029, CVE-2025-8030, CVE-2025-8031, CVE-2025-8032, CVE-2025-8033, CVE-2025-8034, CVE-2025-8035). The issues include large branch table truncation, multiple memory safety bugs, incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports, partial return value writes in the JavaScript engine, potential user-assisted code execution via the 'Copy as cURL' command, incorrect JavaScript state machine handling for generators, XSLT documents bypassing CSP, and execution of javascript: URLs on object/embed tags. The advisory covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Extended Life Cycle variants across multiple architectures. Updated Thunderbird packages (version 128.13.0-3.el9_2) are available to address these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively pose risks including memory safety errors that could lead to crashes or code execution, bypassing of security policies such as CSP, and potential user-assisted code execution. These issues could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or bypass security restrictions within the Thunderbird mail client environment. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of this advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided security update (thunderbird-128.13.0-3.el9_2) as soon as possible to remediate the issues. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are specified beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Thunderbird as packaged by Red Hat have been addressed in an important security update. These include memory safety bugs, JavaScript engine issues, incorrect URL handling in Content Security Policy (CSP) reports, and potential user-assisted code execution. The update fixes nine CVEs related to Thunderbird and Firefox components, impacting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 variants. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues.
Affected software
Run on your own infrastructure? Check whether these packages are installed with threat-finder — our free open-source scanner.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:13648) for Mozilla Thunderbird addressing nine security vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-8027, CVE-2025-8028, CVE-2025-8029, CVE-2025-8030, CVE-2025-8031, CVE-2025-8032, CVE-2025-8033, CVE-2025-8034, CVE-2025-8035). The issues include large branch table truncation, multiple memory safety bugs, incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports, partial return value writes in the JavaScript engine, potential user-assisted code execution via the 'Copy as cURL' command, incorrect JavaScript state machine handling for generators, XSLT documents bypassing CSP, and execution of javascript: URLs on object/embed tags. The advisory covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Extended Life Cycle variants across multiple architectures. Updated Thunderbird packages (version 128.13.0-3.el9_2) are available to address these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively pose risks including memory safety errors that could lead to crashes or code execution, bypassing of security policies such as CSP, and potential user-assisted code execution. These issues could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or bypass security restrictions within the Thunderbird mail client environment. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at the time of this advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided security update (thunderbird-128.13.0-3.el9_2) as soon as possible to remediate the issues. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are specified beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:13648
- Cve Count
- 9
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-8028","CVE-2025-8029","CVE-2025-8030","CVE-2025-8031","CVE-2025-8032","CVE-2025-8033","CVE-2025-8034","CVE-2025-8035"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3cc29d4853345fc16d3a98
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 05:54:37 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 06:02:27 UTC
Last updated: 06/25/2026, 16:00:48 UTC
Views: 6
Community Reviews
0 reviewsCrowdsource mitigation strategies, share intel context, and vote on the most helpful responses. Sign in to add your voice and help keep defenders ahead.
Want to contribute mitigation steps or threat intel context? Sign in or create an account to join the community discussion.
Actions
Updates to AI analysis require Pro Console access. Upgrade inside Console → Billing.
Need more coverage?
Upgrade to Pro Console for AI refresh and higher limits.
For incident response and remediation, OffSeq services can help resolve threats faster.
Latest Threats
Check if your credentials are on the dark web
Instant breach scanning across billions of leaked records. Free tier available.