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CVE-2026-74979

CVE-2026-74979 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Reported by mozilla · Published August 18, 2026

Mitigation bypass in the Add-ons Manager component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaFirefox153.1, 154
MozillaThunderbird153.1, 154
chainguardfirefox-esr-1400, 0, 0
wolfifirefox0, 0, 0
MozillaThunderbird153.1, 154
MozillaFirefox154, 153.1
chainguardfirefox0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 18, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Aug 18, 2026 CVE Published
  • Aug 18, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 29, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 4, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 5, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 12, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 16, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 18, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 24, 2026 EPSS Score

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