CVE-2026-8965: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Information disclosure in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-8965 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting the DOM security component in Mozilla Firefox. It was publicly disclosed and fixed in Firefox 151 as part of a security advisory that addressed multiple vulnerabilities. The vendor advisory classifies the impact of this specific vulnerability as low. The fix is included in the official Firefox 151 release, which resolves this and other related security issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows information disclosure within the DOM security component, which could potentially expose sensitive information. However, the vendor rates the impact as low, indicating limited risk or difficulty in exploitation. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix for this vulnerability is available in Mozilla Firefox version 151. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 151 or later to remediate this issue. Since the vendor advisory confirms the fix, no additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the update.
CVE-2026-8965: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
Information disclosure in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-8965 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting the DOM security component in Mozilla Firefox. It was publicly disclosed and fixed in Firefox 151 as part of a security advisory that addressed multiple vulnerabilities. The vendor advisory classifies the impact of this specific vulnerability as low. The fix is included in the official Firefox 151 release, which resolves this and other related security issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows information disclosure within the DOM security component, which could potentially expose sensitive information. However, the vendor rates the impact as low, indicating limited risk or difficulty in exploitation. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix for this vulnerability is available in Mozilla Firefox version 151. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 151 or later to remediate this issue. Since the vendor advisory confirms the fix, no additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-19T12:30:08.950Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-46/","vendor":"Mozilla"}]
Threat ID: 6a0c677fec166c07b0a99804
Added to database: 5/19/2026, 1:37:03 PM
Last enriched: 5/19/2026, 1:53:55 PM
Last updated: 5/20/2026, 6:51:34 PM
Views: 9
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