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.

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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-107
CWE-20

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Allowed UNC hostnames for attachments interpreted as a regular expression
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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Updated: 2026-09-01T21:44:16.162Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T21:33:07.702Z

Link: CVE-2026-84642

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-01T22:17:20.000

Modified: 2026-09-01T22:17:20.000

Link: CVE-2026-84642

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Updated: 2026-09-02T00:15:05Z

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