CVE-2026-16381 (GCVE-0-2026-16381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-21 12:37 – Updated: 2026-07-22 19:18
VLAI
Title
Same-origin policy bypass in the Networking: DNS component
Summary
Same-origin policy bypass in the Networking: DNS component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 140.13, Thunderbird 153, and Thunderbird 140.13.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 140.13 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 153 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 140.13 , ≤ 140.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 153 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Rintaro Kawasugi
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