Protection mechanism failure in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2026-92066

 

Protection mechanism failure in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2026-92066

Published: September 15, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU150108
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-92066
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escape the browser sandbox.

The vulnerability exists due to an unspecified security flaw in the Profile Backup component when handling profile backups. A remote attacker can trigger the flaw to escape the browser sandbox.


Affected software

Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox

How to mitigate CVE-2026-92066

Install security update from vendor's website.

Firefox for Android - update to 156.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 156.0

External References

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