CVE-2026-74986: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
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.
CVE-2026-74986: Vulnerability in Mozilla 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
Affected software
Mozilla
Firefox
Mozilla
Thunderbird
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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.
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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