Protection mechanism failure in Mozilla products - CVE-2026-117998

 

Protection mechanism failure in Mozilla products - CVE-2026-117998

Published: October 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU158202
CSH Severity: Low
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-2026-117998
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass browser security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper enforcement of security controls in the DOM: Push Subscriptions component when handling push subscriptions. A remote attacker can trigger crafted subscription-related behavior to circumvent an intended security restriction.


Affected software

Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android

How to mitigate CVE-2026-117998

Install security update from vendor's website.

Firefox ESR - update to 153.6.0
Firefox for Android - update to 159.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 159.0

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