Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:26270 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-06-16 Updated: 2026-06-16 RHSA-2026:26270 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: thunderbird security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Security Fix(es): firefox: Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component (CVE-2026-8388) firefox: Other issue in the JavaScript Engine component (CVE-2026-8391) firefox: Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component (CVE-2026-8401) firefox: Integer overflow in the Networking: JAR component (CVE-2026-8956) firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11 and Firefox 151 (CVE-2026-8975) firefox: Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component (CVE-2026-8955) firefox: Denial-of-service due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component (CVE-2026-8968) firefox: Incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflow in the Audio/Video component (CVE-2026-8954) firefox: Information disclosure, sandbox escape in the Security: Process Sandboxing component (CVE-2026-8958) firefox: Incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component (CVE-2026-8946) firefox: Privilege escalation in the Security component (CVE-2026-8970) firefox: Same-origin policy bypass in the Networking: HTTP component (CVE-2026-8950) firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.11 and Firefox 151 (CVE-2026-8974) firefox: Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Disability Access APIs component (CVE-2026-8953) firefox: Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Widget: Win32 component (CVE-2026-8959) firefox: Spoofing issue in the Form Autofill component (CVE-2026-8961) firefox: Use-after-free in the DOM: Bindings (WebIDL) component (CVE-2026-8947) firefox: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component (CVE-2026-8962) firefox: Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component (CVE-2026-8957) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64 Fixes BZ - 2476469 - CVE-2026-8388 firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component BZ - 2476475 - CVE-2026-8391 firefox: thunderbird: Other issue in the JavaScript Engine component BZ - 2476492 - CVE-2026-8401 firefox: thunderbird: Sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component BZ - 2479839 - CVE-2026-8956 firefox: Integer overflow in the Networking: JAR component BZ - 2479840 - CVE-2026-8975 firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.36, Firefox ESR 140.11 and Firefox 151 BZ - 2479842 - CVE-2026-8955 firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the DOM: Workers component BZ - 2479846 - CVE-2026-8968 firefox: Denial-of-service due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component BZ - 2479847 - CVE-2026-8954 firefox: Incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflow in the Audio/Video component BZ - 2479848 - CVE-2026-8958 firefox: Information disclosure, sandbox escape in the Security: Process Sandboxing component BZ - 2479849 - CVE-2026-8946 firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video: Web Codecs component BZ - 2479852 - CVE-2026-8970 firefox: Privilege escalation in the Security component BZ - 2479853 - CVE-2026-8950 firefox: Same-origin policy bypass in the Networking: HTTP component BZ - 2479855 - CVE-2026-8974 firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.11 and Firefox 151 BZ - 2479860 - CVE-2026-8953 firefox: Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Disability Access APIs component BZ - 2479861 - CVE-2026-8959 firefox: thunderbird: Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Widget: Win32 component BZ - 2479871 - CVE-2026-8961 firefox: Spoofing issue in the Form Autofill component BZ - 2479873 - CVE-2026-8947 firefox: thunderbird: Use-after-free in the DOM: Bindings (WebIDL) component BZ - 2479876 - CVE-2026-8962 firefox: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component BZ - 2479880 - CVE-2026-8957 firefox: Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component CVEs CVE-2026-8388 CVE-2026-8391 CVE-2026-8401 CVE-2026-8946 CVE-2026-8947 CVE-2026-8950 CVE-2026-8953 CVE-2026-8954 CVE-2026-8955 CVE-2026-8956 CVE-2026-8957 CVE-2026-8958 CVE-2026-8959 CVE-2026-8961 CVE-2026-8962 CVE-2026-8968 CVE-2026-8970 CVE-2026-8974 CVE-2026-8975 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4 SRPM thunderbird-140.11.0-1.el8_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 63507ca7f5435461e53f9153052ab44a94a30fa0d6d8a200468c842ef4ddaaca x86_64 thunderbird-140.11.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1cacc51ca27e51da1cb1728fbbb6eec1b8fd3740c6f86ee8efd520602a2effa thunderbird-debuginfo-140.11.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2bd13681bda7986160aaba700910b0e97e8fb310a72756239b6c7bd70a62261b thunderbird-debugsource-140.11.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7939c81dba5e06da487fac788216f76783943651f9a11432bd90aa3e246bceca Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 SRPM thunderbird-140.11.0-1.el8_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 63507ca7f5435461e53f9153052ab44a94a30fa0d6d8a200468c842ef4ddaaca x86_64 thunderbird-140.11.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1cacc51ca27e51da1cb1728fbbb6eec1b8fd3740c6f86ee8efd520602a2effa thunderbird-debuginfo-140.11.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2bd13681bda7986160aaba700910b0e97e8fb310a72756239b6c7bd70a62261b thunderbird-debugsource-140.11.0-1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7939c81dba5e06da487fac788216f76783943651f9a11432bd90aa3e246bceca The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ .
This Red Hat security update addresses multiple vulnerabilities in Thunderbird, including a critical sandbox escape in the Profile Backup component (CVE-2026-8401, CVSS 9.8), a high-severity same-origin policy bypass in the HTTP component, and several memory safety bugs. The vulnerabilities affect Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 150.0.3, which corresponds to the underlying engine in Thunderbird. The fix is included in the updated Thunderbird packages provided for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 AMCUS and EUS Long-Life Add-On.