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AlmaLinux 8 : thunderbird (ALSA-2026:65160)

🗓️ 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Multiple CVEs in Thunderbird on AlmaLinux 8 (ALSA-2026:65160) including privilege escalation.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# AlmaLinux Security Advisory ALSA-2026:65160.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(344037);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/09/09");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2026-74934",
    "CVE-2026-74935",
    "CVE-2026-74939",
    "CVE-2026-74940",
    "CVE-2026-74941",
    "CVE-2026-74942",
    "CVE-2026-74945",
    "CVE-2026-74946",
    "CVE-2026-74948",
    "CVE-2026-74953",
    "CVE-2026-74957",
    "CVE-2026-74959",
    "CVE-2026-74960",
    "CVE-2026-74962",
    "CVE-2026-74963",
    "CVE-2026-74964",
    "CVE-2026-74965",
    "CVE-2026-74967",
    "CVE-2026-74971",
    "CVE-2026-74972",
    "CVE-2026-74973",
    "CVE-2026-74974",
    "CVE-2026-74976",
    "CVE-2026-74987",
    "CVE-2026-74990"
  );
  script_xref(name:"ALSA", value:"2026:65160");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:65160");

  script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 8 : thunderbird (ALSA-2026:65160)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ALSA-2026:65160 advisory.

    * firefox: thunderbird: Site isolation issue in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component (CVE-2026-74934)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Networking: Cookies component (CVE-2026-74953)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1 and Firefox
    154 (CVE-2026-74987)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Information disclosure in the Graphics component (CVE-2026-74948)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Information disclosure in the DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling component
    (CVE-2026-74971)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component (CVE-2026-74941)
      * firefox: Privilege escalation in the Shell Integration component (CVE-2026-74965)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics:
    CanvasWebGL component (CVE-2026-74946)
      * firefox: Race condition, use-after-free in the Graphics component (CVE-2026-74973)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Internally found bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox
    ESR 153.1 and Firefox 154 (CVE-2026-74990)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Use-after-free in the Graphics: Text component (CVE-2026-74940)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Site isolation issue in the WebExtensions component (CVE-2026-74960)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Mitigation bypass in the Storage: Cache API component (CVE-2026-74959)
      * firefox: thunderbird: JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component (CVE-2026-74976)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Same-origin policy bypass in the Graphics: ImageLib component (CVE-2026-74974)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Mitigation bypass in the Safe Browsing component (CVE-2026-74957)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Same-origin policy bypass in the Audio/Video: Playback component
    (CVE-2026-74967)
      * firefox: Privilege escalation in the Remote Settings Client component (CVE-2026-74942)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the DOM: Navigation component (CVE-2026-74939)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Information disclosure in the DOM: Push Subscriptions component (CVE-2026-74972)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Information disclosure in the Graphics: Text component (CVE-2026-74945)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Same-origin policy bypass in the Networking: Cookies component (CVE-2026-74963)
      * firefox: Integer overflow in the Graphics component (CVE-2026-74964)
      * firefox: Site isolation issue in the Networking: Cookies component (CVE-2026-74962)
      * firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the DOM: Networking component (CVE-2026-74935)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-65160.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65160");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected thunderbird package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-74940");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(1100, 190, 201, 266, 346, 360, 472, 497, 501, 653, 733, 787, 807, 825, 940);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/08/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/09/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:thunderbird");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Alma Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AlmaLinux/release", "Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'AlmaLinux' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'AlmaLinux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 8.x', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'AlmaLinux', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'thunderbird-140.14.0-1.el8_10.alma.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0', 'allowmaj':TRUE},
      {'reference':'thunderbird-140.14.0-1.el8_10.alma.1', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0', 'allowmaj':TRUE},
      {'reference':'thunderbird-140.14.0-1.el8_10.alma.1', 'cpu':'s390x', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0', 'allowmaj':TRUE},
      {'reference':'thunderbird-140.14.0-1.el8_10.alma.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0', 'allowmaj':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'thunderbird');
}

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