CVE-2025-8038 | CSP frame-src was not correctly enforced for paths

Thunderbird ignored paths when checking the validity of navigations in a frame. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 141, Firefox ESR 140.1, Thunderbird 141, and Thunderbird 140.1.

Published: 2025-07-22 Last update: 2026-04-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-8038 is rated Moderate Risk (53.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.19%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-8038

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-18 0.05% 0.19% +0.14%
2 2026-04-07 0.02% 0.05% +0.04%
3 2025-07-23 0.02%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-8038

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-8038

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-8038

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2025-8038: 3 source package rows (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird); 381 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 381. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-8038
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-8038 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (firefox), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8038
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8038
suse high CVE-2025-8038 severity important: SUSE including 67 source package names (MozillaFirefox-140.1.0-112.273.1, MozillaFirefox-140.1.0-150200.152.193.1, …), 335 product×package rows across 42 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production, … (42 product lines)): Fixed 335. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8038/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-8038 medium priority: Ubuntu including 9 source packages (firefox, mozjs102, …), 49 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream): DNE 22, ignored 9, needs-triage 9, not-affected 7, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8038

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-8038

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 140.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 141.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 140.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 141.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-8038

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