Protection Mechanism Failure in Mozilla products - CVE-2026-12315

 

Protection Mechanism Failure in Mozilla products - CVE-2026-12315

Published: June 16, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU134631
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-12315
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass a security mitigation.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the DOM: Security component when enforcing security restrictions. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerable behavior to bypass a security mitigation.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-12315

Install security update from vendor's website.

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