CVE-2025-8036 (GCVE-0-2025-8036)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-22 20:49
Modified
2026-04-13 14:26
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Thunderbird cached CORS preflight responses across IP address changes. This allowed circumventing CORS with DNS rebinding. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 141, Firefox ESR 140.1, Thunderbird 141, and Thunderbird 140.1.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 140.1
Unaffected: 141
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   Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 140.1
Unaffected: 141
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