CVE-2026-74970: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Site isolation issue in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-74970 involves a site isolation issue within the Graphics component of Mozilla Firefox. Site isolation is a security feature designed to separate web content from different origins into different processes to prevent data leakage and privilege escalation. The flaw could potentially undermine this isolation, but the vendor has fixed the issue in Firefox 154 and Firefox ESR 153.1. This fix is part of a comprehensive security update addressing multiple vulnerabilities, many of which have high impact. The advisory does not provide detailed technical exploitation methods or specific attack vectors for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The impact of CVE-2026-74970 is rated as moderate by Mozilla. The vulnerability could potentially allow a site isolation bypass in the Graphics component, which might lead to information disclosure or other security issues related to process isolation. However, no active exploitation has been reported, and the issue has been remediated in the latest Firefox releases.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released official fixes for this vulnerability in Firefox 154 and Firefox ESR 153.1. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to mitigate the risk. Since this is a client-side software vulnerability, applying the vendor's official patches is the recommended and effective mitigation. No additional or alternative mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-74970: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Site isolation issue in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-74970 involves a site isolation issue within the Graphics component of Mozilla Firefox. Site isolation is a security feature designed to separate web content from different origins into different processes to prevent data leakage and privilege escalation. The flaw could potentially undermine this isolation, but the vendor has fixed the issue in Firefox 154 and Firefox ESR 153.1. This fix is part of a comprehensive security update addressing multiple vulnerabilities, many of which have high impact. The advisory does not provide detailed technical exploitation methods or specific attack vectors for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The impact of CVE-2026-74970 is rated as moderate by Mozilla. The vulnerability could potentially allow a site isolation bypass in the Graphics component, which might lead to information disclosure or other security issues related to process isolation. However, no active exploitation has been reported, and the issue has been remediated in the latest Firefox releases.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla has released official fixes for this vulnerability in Firefox 154 and Firefox ESR 153.1. Users and administrators should update to these versions or later to mitigate the risk. Since this is a client-side software vulnerability, applying the vendor's official patches is the recommended and effective mitigation. No additional or alternative mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-17T11:58:44.377Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-74/","vendor":"Mozilla"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-77/","vendor":"Mozilla"}]
Threat ID: 6a845509c6e8be033236744e
Added to database: 08/18/2026, 12:50:17 UTC
Last enriched: 08/18/2026, 13:26:26 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 02:18:12 UTC
Views: 5
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