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CVE-2026-74986: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

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Critical
Published: 08/18/2026 (08/18/2026, 12:23:41 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Mozilla
Product: Firefox

Description

CVE-2026-74986 is a critical site isolation vulnerability in the CSS Parsing and Computation component of Mozilla Firefox. This issue allows information disclosure and affects Firefox versions prior to 154. The vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154 and Firefox ESR 153.1.

CVSS v3.1

Score 9.1critical

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected software

Mozilla

Firefox

Mozilla

Thunderbird

GitHub Actionsmore threats →ai
mozilla/firefox
pkg:github/mozilla/firefox
Affected versions
<154

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AILast updated: 09/11/2026, 21:47:58 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-74986 is a site isolation issue in the CSS Parsing and Computation component of Mozilla Firefox. It was addressed and fixed in Firefox 154 and Firefox ESR 153.1. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.1, indicating critical severity, with an attack vector of network, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impacts confidentiality and availability. The vendor advisory confirms the fix in Firefox 154.

Potential Impact

This vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass site isolation protections, potentially leading to information disclosure (confidentiality impact) and denial of service (availability impact). The CVSS score of 9.1 reflects a critical impact level. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.

Mitigation Recommendations

Users and administrators should update affected Firefox versions to Firefox 154 or later, or Firefox ESR 153.1 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No additional mitigation is required once the update is applied.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
mozilla
Date Reserved
2026-08-17T11:59:20.279Z
State
PUBLISHED
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: 6a84550fc6e8be0332367762

Added to database: 08/18/2026, 12:50:23 UTC

Last enriched: 09/11/2026, 21:47:58 UTC

Last updated: 10/02/2026, 02:46:06 UTC

Views: 49

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