CVE-2026-16407
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs
Summary
Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Service Workers component in Firefox and Thunderbird. Fixed in version 153.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass security measures and perform unauthorized operations in the browser context.
Recommendation
Update Firefox and Thunderbird to version 153 or later.
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Mitigation bypass in the Popup Blocker component of Firefox and Thunderbird. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, and Thunderbird 156.
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- CVE-2026-92071Unknown
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Information disclosure in the Networking component of Firefox and Thunderbird. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, and Thunderbird 156.
Original NVD description (English source)
Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Service Workers component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Thunderbird 153.