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CVE-2026-2768: Mozilla Firefox · CWE-693

Affects Mozilla FirefoxSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 10.0 Critical · patch available : patch Mozilla Firefox as a priority.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
10.0Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Contested

Critical score, yet low EPSS after six months
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 38% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Feb 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Mozilla FirefoxAffected
  • <148
Fixed in
  • 148

AI-suggested

Mozilla has released official fixes for this vulnerability in Firefox 148 and Firefox ESR 140.8. Users and administrators should update affected Firefox installations to version 148 or later, or Firefox ESR 140.8 or later, to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official update.

Description

Sandbox escape in the Storage: IndexedDB component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.

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