Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
This Red Hat security advisory addresses multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, including a use-after-free flaw in the DOM networking component (CVE-2026-8090), memory safety bugs (CVE-2026-8092), and an issue in the WebRTC component (CVE-2026-8094). These issues affect Firefox versions distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. The vulnerabilities have been rated with a security impact of Important by Red Hat. Updated Firefox packages fixing these vulnerabilities are available for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions. Users should apply the provided updates to remediate these issues.
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Technical Summary
The advisory covers three security fixes for Mozilla Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: a use-after-free vulnerability in the DOM networking component (CVE-2026-8090), memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.35.2, ESR 140.10.2, and Firefox 150.0.2 (CVE-2026-8092), and another issue in the WebRTC component (CVE-2026-8094). These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption or other security impacts. Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages addressing these issues across multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The advisory references Red Hat's official errata and update articles for applying the fixes.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities include use-after-free and memory safety bugs, which can lead to potential security risks such as application crashes or arbitrary code execution if exploited. Red Hat rates the overall security impact as Important. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory. The issues affect Firefox versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle variants across multiple hardware architectures.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages that fix these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems should apply the Firefox updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:20574 and the associated update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). Applying these official patches is the recommended remediation. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Description
This Red Hat security advisory addresses multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, including a use-after-free flaw in the DOM networking component (CVE-2026-8090), memory safety bugs (CVE-2026-8092), and an issue in the WebRTC component (CVE-2026-8094). These issues affect Firefox versions distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. The vulnerabilities have been rated with a security impact of Important by Red Hat. Updated Firefox packages fixing these vulnerabilities are available for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions. Users should apply the provided updates to remediate these issues.
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Technical Analysis
The advisory covers three security fixes for Mozilla Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: a use-after-free vulnerability in the DOM networking component (CVE-2026-8090), memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.35.2, ESR 140.10.2, and Firefox 150.0.2 (CVE-2026-8092), and another issue in the WebRTC component (CVE-2026-8094). These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption or other security impacts. Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages addressing these issues across multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The advisory references Red Hat's official errata and update articles for applying the fixes.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities include use-after-free and memory safety bugs, which can lead to potential security risks such as application crashes or arbitrary code execution if exploited. Red Hat rates the overall security impact as Important. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory. The issues affect Firefox versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle variants across multiple hardware architectures.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Firefox packages that fix these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems should apply the Firefox updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:20574 and the associated update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). Applying these official patches is the recommended remediation. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:20574
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-8092","CVE-2026-8094"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a16097be29bf47b50648127
Added to database: 5/26/2026, 8:58:35 PM
Last enriched: 5/26/2026, 11:04:46 PM
Last updated: 5/27/2026, 4:49:12 AM
Views: 2
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