Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting Firefox package, versions [,147.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-15119805
  • published27 Jan 2026
  • disclosed27 Jan 2026
  • creditMasato Kinugawa

Introduced: 27 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-24868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 147.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure via the Privacy: Anti-Tracking process. An attacker can bypass intended privacy protections by exploiting weaknesses in the anti-tracking mitigation mechanisms.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1