CVE-2026-2775 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-288 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel13 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla ThunderbirdMozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24

Description

Mitigation bypass in the DOM: HTML Parser component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox128.0 — 140.8.0+2
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 140.8.0+1
▶Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:140.8.0esr-1~deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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CVEList
Mitigation bypass in the DOM: HTML Parser component↗2026-02-24
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OSV
CVE-2026-2775: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: HTML Parser component↗2026-02-24
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GHSA
GHSA-h3qc-gf9h-42g6: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: HTML Parser component↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
firefox: thunderbird: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: HTML Parser component↗2026-02-24
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Debian
CVE-2026-2775: firefox - Mitigation bypass in the DOM: HTML Parser component. This vulnerability affects ...↗2026
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-14: CVE-2026-2775↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-13: CVE-2026-2775↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-15: CVE-2026-2775↗
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2026-2775 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-2775 firefox: thunderbird: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: HTML Parser component↗2026-02-24
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CVE-2026-2775 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase