Access Control Bypass Affecting Firefox package, versions [,153.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-18302650
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed21 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-16388  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 153.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass through the Networking component in the DOM. An attacker can execute code outside of the intended sandbox by exploiting insufficient isolation between the sandboxed environment and privileged browser processes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1