VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-74979
Mitigation bypass in the Add-ons Manager component.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Mitigation bypass in the Add-ons Manager component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2045676Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-74/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-77/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-78/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-80/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.