Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox for Android (August 5, 2026)
A vulnerability has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox for Android. It allows an attacker to cause a breach of data confidentiality.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Mozilla Firefox for Android.
- Who is affected
- Firefox for Android users are affected by CVE-2026-18809.
- Urgency
- Information disclosure poses privacy risk; update should be applied in normal maintenance cycle.
- Action
- Update Mozilla Firefox for Android to the patched version addressing CVE-2026-18809.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2026-AVI-0971/
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-188090.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 12% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-18809 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
Recent advisories for Mozilla Firefox for
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- high[NEW] [high] Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird: Multiple Vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-19
- high[NEW] [high] Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-18
- medium[NEW] [medium] Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities allow unspecified attackcert-bund · 2026-08-17
- high[UPDATE] [high] Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-17
- medium[NEW] [medium] Mozilla Firefox for Android: Vulnerability Enables Information Disclosurecert-bund · 2026-08-05
- unknownMozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerabilityhkcert · 2026-08-05
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