CVE-2026-84642 (GCVE-0-2026-84642)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-01 21:33 – Updated: 2026-09-02 19:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Allowed UNC hostnames for attachments interpreted as a regular expression
Summary
The values of the mail.allowed_attachment_hostnames advanced config setting were used in a regular expression without escaping. For some possible valid hostnames, this could allow certain unintended hostnames to also match and serve remote attachments. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 155 and Thunderbird 153.2.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-02 19:14 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Unaffected:
153.2 , ≤ 153.*
(rpm)
Unaffected: 155 , ≤ * (rpm) |
guessed |
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