The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6118 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6118-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     February 03, 2026                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : thunderbird     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-0818

    A security issue was discovered in Thunderbird, which could result in     information disclosure

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed     in version 1:140.7.1esr-1~deb12u1.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in     version 1:140.7.1esr-1~deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your thunderbird packages.

    For the detailed security status of thunderbird please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/thunderbird

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

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

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

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Debian dsa-6118 : thunderbird - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 297740

Version 1.7

Version 1.6

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Version 1.7 Feb 8, 2026, 1:19 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602080119
Version 1.6 Feb 7, 2026, 5:19 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602071719
Version 1.5 Feb 7, 2026, 9:06 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602070906
Version 1.3 Feb 7, 2026, 12:50 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602070050
Version 1.2 Feb 6, 2026, 5:01 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602061701
Version 1.1 Feb 4, 2026, 6:31 AM New Plugin Feed: 202602040631