{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-118179 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-118179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-118179 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, published on 27 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-118179 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-118179 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, published on 27 Oct 2026. \nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-118179 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Mozilla Thunderbird. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-118179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-118179/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-118179","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-118179/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-118179","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118179","GHSA-gm4x-83qc-5rx5","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118179"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":"mozilla","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Clicking a news: or snews: link that referenced a message-ID made Thunderbird connect, without asking, to the host and port given in the link, even if it was not a configured news server. Line breaks in the message-ID were sent to the server unmodified, so a crafted link could send arbitrary commands to services reachable from the user's network. In addition, snews: links to such servers connected without TLS. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 159 and Thunderbird 153.6.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Request forgery via news: links","id":"CVE-2026-118179","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Matrix homeserver could redirect the chat session to a local file or network share","id":"CVE-2026-118180"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"RSS feed could redirect its subscription to a local file or network share","id":"CVE-2026-118178"},"products":["Thunderbird"],"published":"2026-10-27","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-27","vendors":["Mozilla"]},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-118179/"}