Mozilla Firefox up to 149 IP Protection information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Mozilla Firefox up to 149. This affects an unknown function of the component IP Protection. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-6782. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 149 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component IP Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Information disclosure in the IP Protection component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-6782 since 04/21/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/21/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 310637 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-6782), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 150 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (310637) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1228). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 310637
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-6782

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Firefox 150

Timelineinfo

04/21/2026 Advisory disclosed
04/21/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
04/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/21/2026 +30 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-6782 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-6782
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-358465
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-1228 - Mozilla Thunderbird, Firefox ESR und Firefox: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2026 16:01
Updated: 05/21/2026 02:41
Changes: 04/21/2026 16:01 (56), 04/28/2026 14:03 (2), 05/21/2026 02:41 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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