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CVE-2026-5731VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-5731· Critical 9.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical : upgrade the Red Hat redhat/firefox package to 149.0.2 as a priority.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 27% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 149.0.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 7 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/firefox package to 149.0.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/firefoxpkg:rpm/redhat/firefoxOther threatsAffected
  • <149.0.2
Fixed in
  • 149.0.2

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released security updates that fix these vulnerabilities in Thunderbird and Firefox for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10. Users should apply the updates to Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1 and Firefox ESR 140.9.1 or later, as well as Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2, as appropriate. Detailed update instructions are available in the Red Hat advisories and articles linked in the vendor advisory. No additional mitigations are required beyond applying these official patches.

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Security Fix(es): * libpng: libpng: Arbitrary code execution due to use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-33416) * libpng: libpng: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read/write in Neon palette expansion (CVE-2026-33636) * thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2 (CVE-2026-5734) * thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.34.1, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2 (CVE-2026-5731) * firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflow in the Graphics: Text component (CVE-2026-5732) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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