# CVE-2026-84642: Allowed UNC hostnames for attachments interpreted as a regular expression

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-01 · Updated: 2026-09-02

## Affected

- Mozilla Thunderbird: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2060462
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-86/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-88/

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