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Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

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Published: 04/30/2025 (04/30/2025, 10:33:51 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in Mozilla Thunderbird as packaged by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS. These include a user interface misrepresentation of attachment URLs, information disclosure of the /tmp directory listing, and leakage of hashed Windows credentials via crafted attachment URLs. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates addressing these issues. The vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE identifiers CVE-2025-3523, CVE-2025-2830, and CVE-2025-3522. A security update is available for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS systems.

Affected software

redhat/thunderbird
pkg:rpm/redhat/thunderbird
Affected versions
=8.2.* <8.3

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AILast updated: 06/27/2026, 22:42:18 UTC

Technical Analysis

Red Hat Product Security has published an advisory (RHSA-2025:4389) for Mozilla Thunderbird vulnerabilities affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS. The advisory addresses three vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-3523 involves user interface misrepresentation of attachment URLs, CVE-2025-2830 concerns information disclosure of the /tmp directory listing, and CVE-2025-3522 relates to leakage of hashed Windows credentials through crafted attachment URLs. The advisory provides updated Thunderbird packages (version 128.9.2-1.el8_2) that fix these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the severity is rated as Important by Red Hat. The vendor advisory includes instructions for applying the update and references to the CVE pages for further details.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to user interface deception potentially tricking users about attachment URLs, unauthorized disclosure of temporary directory contents, and leakage of hashed Windows credentials. These impacts may facilitate further attacks or unauthorized access to sensitive information. The advisory rates the overall security impact as Important, indicating a high risk to affected systems if unpatched.

Mitigation Recommendations

A security update for Mozilla Thunderbird is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS (thunderbird-128.9.2-1.el8_2). Users should apply this update promptly to remediate the vulnerabilities. Detailed update instructions are provided in the Red Hat advisory article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No indication is given that these issues are already mitigated or require no action; therefore, applying the official update is the recommended mitigation.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2025:4389
Cve Count
3
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-3522","CVE-2025-3523"]

Threat ID: 6a4049ed27e9c797198374d9

Added to database: 06/27/2026, 22:08:45 UTC

Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 22:42:18 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:24:56 UTC

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