Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
Affects Red Hat thunderbirdSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium · fixed in Red Hat package updates : update Red Hat thunderbird when convenient.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 18:48 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 128.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 Apr 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages (version 128.9.0-2.el8_8) that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply this security update on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 systems after ensuring all previously released errata are applied. Detailed update instructions are available in the Red Hat advisory. No additional mitigations are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified and fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird as packaged by Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. These include a use-after-free triggered by XSLTProcessor (CVE-2025-3028), URL bar spoofing via non-BMP Unicode characters (CVE-2025-3029), and various memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-3030). The fixes are included in Thunderbird version 128.9.0 and later. Red Hat has released updated packages to address these issues.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4029 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2353497 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2356556 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2356562 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2356563 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_4029.json (opens in a new tab)