Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,140.13)


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-18302638
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed21 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-16390  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 140.13 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure due to insufficient enforcement of security policies in the Enterprise Policies component. An attacker can circumvent intended restrictions by exploiting this weakness, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or configuration changes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1