CVE-2026-120627

high

Description

The Private Internet Access Extension for Firefox contains an unguarded onAuthRequired authentication handler, leading to leakage of PIA proxy credentials when a user visits any malicious website that issues a Basic auth challenge. This issue was fixed in version 3.2.5, but reintroduced in later versions.

References

https://github.com/Rexyysilent/PI-ay-ay-disclosure

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-115353

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/private-internet-access-ext/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-02

Updated: 2026-11-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High