Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
Affects Red Hat thunderbirdSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : upgrade Red Hat thunderbird to 128.9.0-2.el8_10 when convenient.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 18:47 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 128.9.0-2.el8_10
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
Upgrade Red Hat thunderbird to 128.9.0-2.el8_10.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| Red Hat Product Security Red Hat | Affected
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the Thunderbird update to version 128.9.0-2.el8_10 or later as provided by Red Hat to remediate these issues. Refer to the Red Hat article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for update instructions. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Description
Red Hat has issued an important security update for Mozilla Thunderbird addressing multiple vulnerabilities including URL bar spoofing via non-BMP Unicode characters, a use-after-free triggered by XSLTProcessor, and various memory safety bugs. These issues affect Thunderbird versions prior to 128.9 and Firefox 137 series. The update fixes these vulnerabilities to prevent potential security risks related to spoofing and memory corruption.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4170 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (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_4170.json (opens in a new tab)