CVE-2026-74979: mozilla firefox, mozilla thunderbird

CVSS 9.8 (critical) · published 2026-08-18

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.

Affected products (NVD): mozilla firefox, mozilla thunderbird

Fixed in (NVD): 153.1.0, 154.0.0, 154.0

Weakness: CWE-284

Source: NVD CVE-2026-74979

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2045676
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-74/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-77/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-78/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-80/

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