CVE-2026-109782high8.3

Mitigation bypass in the File Handling component

Impact

A mitigation bypass vulnerability in the File Handling component of Firefox and Thunderbird was fixed in versions 153.5. The required attacker access and exact impact are unclear.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Affected packages

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Affected products

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Mozilla · mozilla

Firefox

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unaffected

153.5 → through *

rpm versions

Other versions: unknown

Mozilla · mozilla

Thunderbird

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unaffected

153.5 → through *

rpm versions

Other versions: unknown

Original source description

Mitigation bypass in the File Handling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.5 and Thunderbird 153.5.

Inside the record

Evidence available

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Version evidence

Remediation guidance · not supplied

Weakness classification

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Original records

CVE-2026-109782

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-693 ↗

CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

CISA-ADP

Contributing organizations · 2

mozilla

Assigning organization

2026-10-13

CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-10-26

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References

3 sources

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi

Source referencemozilla

www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-108/

Security advisorymozilla

www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-110/

Security advisorymozilla

Priority and evidence

Not in CISA KEVNo package fix recorded

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 31/10/2026, 15:15:33 UTC

CISA-ADP · CVSS:3.1 · 8.3

Assessment vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reading the signals

Severity · CVSS: Technical impact and attack conditions. The headline is the highest imported catalog score; sources may disagree.
Observed exploitation · KEV: An absent or unavailable KEV listing does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
Predicted exploitation · EPSS: No EPSS estimate available in this record.

CISA-ADP · SSVC

CISA Coordinator · 2026-10-26

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total

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Record details

Published: 13/10/2026, 12:29:36 UTC
Modified: 26/10/2026, 19:41:02 UTC
Last imported by cve.new: 29/10/2026, 14:29:28 UTC
Aliases: None recorded

Source evidence

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CVE CVE-2026-109782

Enrichment coverage

NVDNot fully checked

GHSANot fully checked

EUVDNot fully checked

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