CVE-2026-16373: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2026-16373 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Privacy component of Firefox for Android. This vulnerability allows unauthorized access to sensitive information. It was fixed in Firefox version 153. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7.5. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. Users running versions prior to 153 are affected.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2026-16373 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Privacy component in Firefox for Android. The issue was addressed and fixed in Firefox version 153. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with an attack vector of network, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The impact is high confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact. There are no known exploits in the wild. The vendor advisory confirms the fix in Firefox 153.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from the Privacy component in Firefox for Android. This could compromise user privacy but does not affect integrity or availability of the application. The vulnerability is rated high severity due to the confidentiality impact and ease of exploitation (network vector, no privileges or user interaction required).
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available and has been implemented in Firefox version 153. Users and administrators should update Firefox for Android to version 153 or later to remediate this vulnerability. There is no indication from the vendor advisory that additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the update.
CVE-2026-16373: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
CVE-2026-16373 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Privacy component of Firefox for Android. This vulnerability allows unauthorized access to sensitive information. It was fixed in Firefox version 153. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS score of 7.5. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. Users running versions prior to 153 are affected.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-16373 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Privacy component in Firefox for Android. The issue was addressed and fixed in Firefox version 153. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, indicating high severity, with an attack vector of network, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The impact is high confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact. There are no known exploits in the wild. The vendor advisory confirms the fix in Firefox 153.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information from the Privacy component in Firefox for Android. This could compromise user privacy but does not affect integrity or availability of the application. The vulnerability is rated high severity due to the confidentiality impact and ease of exploitation (network vector, no privileges or user interaction required).
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available and has been implemented in Firefox version 153. Users and administrators should update Firefox for Android to version 153 or later to remediate this vulnerability. There is no indication from the vendor advisory that additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-20T21:56:35.174Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/","vendor":"Mozilla"}]
Threat ID: 6a5f6cbc2a4a8d598926256a
Added to database: 07/21/2026, 12:57:32 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 10:52:14 UTC
Last updated: 08/24/2026, 22:52:09 UTC
Views: 44
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