medium 6.5

CVE-2026-12302 json

Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component

published 2026-06-16 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 14 d ago also EUVD-2026-37093

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits: 0; none known

Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152, Firefox ESR 140.12, Firefox ESR 115.37, Thunderbird 152, and Thunderbird 140.12.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4 distros 6

mozilla firefox 115.37, 140.12, 152
mozilla firefox_esr 115.37, 140.12, 152
mozilla thunderbird 140.12, 152
mozilla thunderbird_esr 140.12, 152

debian red hat suse opensuse almalinux rocky linux

firefox-esr Debian 12 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
firefox-esr Debian 13 140.12.0esr-1~deb13u1
firefox-esr Debian 14 140.12.0esr-1
thunderbird Debian 12 1:140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
thunderbird Debian 13 1:140.12.0esr-1~deb13u1
thunderbird Debian 14 1:140.12.0esr-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12302

thunderbird RHEL 8 140.12.0-1.el8_10
thunderbird RHEL 10.2 140.12.0-1.el10_2
thunderbird RHEL 9 140.12.0-1.el9_8
firefox RHEL 9 140.12.0-1.el9_8
firefox-x11 RHEL 9 140.12.0-1.el9_8
firefox RHEL 10.2 140.12.0-1.el10_2
firefox RHEL 8 140.12.0-1.el8_10
thunderbird RHEL 9.2 E4S 140.12.0-1.el9_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:39706 RHSA-2026:39428 RHSA-2026:39142 RHSA-2026:39141 RHSA-2026:39011 RHSA-2026:38751

MozillaFirefox SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 140.13.0-160000.1.1
MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 140.12.0-150200.8.277.1
MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4 +8 more 140.12.0-150200.152.245.1
MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 140.12.0-160000.1.1
MozillaFirefox SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 140.12.0-112.321.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23115-1 SUSE-SU-2026:23137-1 SUSE-SU-2026:2852-1 SUSE-SU-2026:2814-1 SUSE-SU-2026:22351-1 SUSE-SU-2026:2583-1

MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 16.0 140.13.0-160000.1.1
MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 16.0 140.12.0-bp160.1.1
MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 16.0 140.12.0-160000.1.1
MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.12.0-1.1
MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 152.0-1.1
firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.12.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21519-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21168-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21043-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11072-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11052-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11055-1

thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 140.12.0-1.el8_10.alma.1
thunderbird AlmaLinux 10 140.12.0-1.el10_2.alma.1
thunderbird AlmaLinux 9 140.12.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
firefox AlmaLinux 8 140.12.0-1.el8_10.alma.1
firefox AlmaLinux 10 140.12.0-1.el10_2
firefox AlmaLinux 9 140.12.0-1.el9_8.alma.1
firefox-x11 AlmaLinux 9 140.12.0-1.el9_8.alma.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:33445 ALSA-2026:30846 ALSA-2026:29940 ALSA-2026:27717 ALSA-2026:27733 ALSA-2026:27734

thunderbird Rocky Linux 10 140.12.0-1.el10_2
thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 140.12.0-1.el8_10
thunderbird Rocky Linux 9 140.12.0-1.el9_8
firefox Rocky Linux 8 140.12.0-1.el8_10
firefox Rocky Linux 10 140.12.0-1.el10_2
firefox Rocky Linux 9 140.12.0-1.el9_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:30846 RLSA-2026:33445 RLSA-2026:29940 RLSA-2026:27717 RLSA-2026:27733 RLSA-2026:27734

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-12302 updated 2026-11-05 cvss 6.1

firefox: thunderbird: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 rhel10/firefox-flatpak, rhel10/thunderbird-flatpak
affected: no fix available
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 140.12.0-1.el8_10, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el8_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27717
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox 140.12.0-1.el9_8, firefox-x11 140.12.0-1.el9_8, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el9_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27734
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) firefox 140.12.0-1.el10_2, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el10_2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27733
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) firefox 140.12.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el8_4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36102
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) firefox 140.12.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:37210
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) firefox 140.12.0-1.el8_8, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el8_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36103

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) firefox 140.12.0-1.el9_2, firefox-x11 140.12.0-1.el9_2, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el9_2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) firefox 140.12.0-1.el9_4, firefox-x11 140.12.0-1.el9_4, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el9_4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:39011
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) firefox 140.12.0-1.el10_0, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el10_0
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36100
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) firefox 140.12.0-1.el9_6, firefox-x11 140.12.0-1.el9_6, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el9_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:37391
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) firefox 140.12.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el8_4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36102
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) firefox 140.12.0-1.el8_6, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:37210
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) firefox 140.12.0-1.el8_8, thunderbird 140.12.0-1.el8_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36103
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) firefox 140.12.0-1.el7_9
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:38506

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 4 mo ago (2026-06-16)

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness

CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

References

mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-57/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-58/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-59/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-60/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2026-61/
vendor-advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=2034489
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Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-12302
NVD CVE-2026-12302

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Summary