User Impersonation Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,140.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-16769919
  • published20 May 2026
  • disclosed19 May 2026
  • creditHafiizh

Introduced: 19 May 2026

CVE-2026-8961  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-290  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 140.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Impersonation via the Form Autofill process. An attacker can deceive users into entering sensitive information into malicious forms by presenting spoofed autofill suggestions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1