Use of Less Trusted Source Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,140.8.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-15348155
  • published25 Feb 2026
  • disclosed24 Feb 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-2791  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-348  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 140.8.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Less Trusted Source due to insufficient enforcement of security controls in the Networking: Cache component. An attacker can bypass intended mitigations by exploiting weaknesses in the cache handling process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1