Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting Firefox package, versions [,156)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-20825388
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed11 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-92079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 156 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure through the Widget: Win32 process. An attacker can circumvent implemented security measures by exploiting weaknesses in the mitigation logic.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1