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    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-118179",
        "assignerOrgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "mozilla",
        "dateReserved": "2026-10-27T18:16:32.317Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-27T18:16:32.658Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-27T18:27:52.176Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "affected": [
                {
                    "product": "Thunderbird",
                    "vendor": "Mozilla",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "version": "153.6",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "153.*",
                            "versionType": "rpm"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "version": "159",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "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.",
                    "supportingMedia": [
                        {
                            "type": "text/html",
                            "base64": false,
                            "value": "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."
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "title": "Request forgery via news: links",
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2077789"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-121/"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-122/"
                }
            ],
            "credits": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Nguyen Tuan Hung"
                }
            ],
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                "orgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe",
                "shortName": "mozilla",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-10-27T18:27:52.176Z"
            }
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