Sandbox escape via race condition in Mozilla Firefox Networking
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird contain a race condition in the Networking component, classified as CWE-362. A remote attacker with no privileges can escape the sandbox, but a user must interact with the attacker's content first. A successful attack changes the security scope and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Sandbox escape due to race condition in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | — | 153.5, 158 | Patch available | CNA |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | — | 153.5, 158 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
Mozilla fixes this in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158 and Thunderbird 153.5. Red Hat fixes Firefox in RHSA-2026:89757 and Thunderbird in RHSA-2026:93443, RHSA-2026:95596 and RHSA-2026:95597. The sources list no fixed version for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8 and 10, and no fix planned for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 153.5, 158
- Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 153.5, 158
Red Hat 4 advisories
- RHSA-2026:95596 Released 2026-11-05 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) thunderbird-153.5.0-1.el9_6
- RHSA-2026:95597 Released 2026-11-05 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) thunderbird-153.5.0-1.el9_4
- RHSA-2026:93443 Released 2026-11-02 · Red Hat rating Importantthunderbird security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) thunderbird-153.5.0-1.el9_8
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:89757 Released 2026-10-26 · Red Hat rating Importantfirefox security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox-153.5.0-1.el9_8, firefox-x11-153.5.0-1.el9_8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:89757, RHSA-2026:93443 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:95597 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:95596 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109757
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-mgh3-qw5r-mj83
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: Mozilla/[email protected], Mozilla/Thunderbird@158 · CNA
- 2026-10-13 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-16 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-16 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-31 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-31 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-31 Fix available: RHSA-2026:89757 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-31 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Fix available: RHSA-2026:93443 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95597 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95596 · Red Hat
References
More Mozilla vulnerabilities
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- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-109757 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109757 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mgh3-qw5r-mj83 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-109757 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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