Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting thunderbird package, versions [,150.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-THUNDERBIRD-16298837
  • published26 Apr 2026
  • disclosed21 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-6760  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thunderbird to version 150.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure in the Cookies process. An attacker can bypass intended security restrictions by exploiting weaknesses in the mitigation mechanisms of the component.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1