Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting Firefox package, versions [,159)


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-21755606
  • published27 Oct 2026
  • disclosed27 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-117977  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 159 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure through the Console component. An attacker can cause unintended behavior or potentially compromise the integrity of the application by interacting with the Console in a crafted manner.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1