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CVE-2025-6426VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-6426: Mozilla Firefox · Vulnerability

Affects Mozilla FirefoxSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High : upgrade to 140 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 140
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Jun 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Upgrade Mozilla Firefox to 140.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Mozilla FirefoxAffected
  • <140
Fixed in
  • 140

AI-suggested

Mozilla has released official fixes for this vulnerability in Firefox 140 and Firefox ESR 128.12. Users and administrators should update affected Firefox installations on macOS to these versions or later to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are required once the update is applied.

Description

The executable file warning did not warn users before opening files with the `terminal` extension. *This bug only affects Firefox for macOS. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140, Firefox ESR 128.12, Thunderbird 140, and Thunderbird 128.12.

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