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.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-379e77483b advisory.

    Update to latest stable upstream version.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-aa0e0deed1 advisory.

    Update to latest stable upstream version.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2026-84642)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 155.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2026-86 advisory.

  - Privilege escalation due to invalid pointer in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in     Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird     140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2. (CVE-2026-84131)

  - Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in     Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird     140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2. (CVE-2026-84121)

  - Triggering an error condition in certain MIME bodies would cause uninitialized memory to be used.
    (CVE-2026-84639)

  - A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to a one byte read past the end of a buffer.
    (CVE-2026-84640)

  - A malicious IMAP server can trigger use-after-free and heap-memory disclosure by sending a crafted ID     response. Heap contents can ultimately be persisted to prefs.js. (CVE-2026-84641)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 153.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2026-88 advisory.

  - Privilege escalation due to invalid pointer in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in     Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird     140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2. (CVE-2026-84131)

  - Sandbox escape in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154,     Thunderbird 154, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 140.15, and     Thunderbird 153.2. (CVE-2026-75874)

  - Triggering an error condition in certain MIME bodies would cause uninitialized memory to be used.
    (CVE-2026-84639)

  - A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to a one byte read past the end of a buffer.
    (CVE-2026-84640)

  - A malicious IMAP server can trigger use-after-free and heap-memory disclosure by sending a crafted ID     response. Heap contents can ultimately be persisted to prefs.js. (CVE-2026-84641)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 153.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2026-88 advisory.

  - Privilege escalation due to invalid pointer in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in     Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird     140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2. (CVE-2026-84131)

  - Sandbox escape in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154,     Thunderbird 154, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 140.15, and     Thunderbird 153.2. (CVE-2026-75874)

  - Triggering an error condition in certain MIME bodies would cause uninitialized memory to be used.
    (CVE-2026-84639)

  - A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to a one byte read past the end of a buffer.
    (CVE-2026-84640)

  - A malicious IMAP server can trigger use-after-free and heap-memory disclosure by sending a crafted ID     response. Heap contents can ultimately be persisted to prefs.js. (CVE-2026-84641)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 155.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2026-86 advisory.

  - Privilege escalation due to invalid pointer in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in     Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird     140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2. (CVE-2026-84131)

  - Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in     Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, Firefox ESR 153.2, Thunderbird 155, Thunderbird     140.15, and Thunderbird 153.2. (CVE-2026-84121)

  - Triggering an error condition in certain MIME bodies would cause uninitialized memory to be used.
    (CVE-2026-84639)

  - A maliciously constructed mail header could lead to a one byte read past the end of a buffer.
    (CVE-2026-84640)

  - A malicious IMAP server can trigger use-after-free and heap-memory disclosure by sending a crafted ID     response. Heap contents can ultimately be persisted to prefs.js. (CVE-2026-84641)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
348353	Fedora 44 : thunderbird (2026-379e77483b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
348331	Fedora 45 : thunderbird (2026-aa0e0deed1)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
348282	SUSE SLED15: MozillaThunderbird / MozillaThunderbird-translations-common / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:4268-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	critical
342526	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-84642	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
342261	Mozilla Thunderbird < 155.0	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	critical
342260	Mozilla Thunderbird < 153.2	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	critical
342259	Mozilla Thunderbird < 153.2	Nessus	Windows	Local	critical
342256	Mozilla Thunderbird < 155.0	Nessus	Windows	Local	critical

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