Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting Firefox package, versions [,150.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-16298005
  • published26 Apr 2026
  • disclosed21 Apr 2026
  • creditHafiizh, Kang Ali

Introduced: 21 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-6756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 150.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure through a bypass of implemented mitigations. An attacker can circumvent intended security controls by exploiting weaknesses in the mitigation mechanisms.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1