RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2026:27717)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 321909

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for firefox.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:27717 advisory.

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.

Security Fix(es):

* firefox: thunderbird: Sandbox escape in the DOM: Workers component (CVE-2026-12294)

* firefox: thunderbird: Information disclosure, sandbox escape in the Security: Process Sandboxing component (CVE-2026-12313)

* firefox: thunderbird: Information disclosure, sandbox escape in the Security: Process Sandboxing component (CVE-2026-12311)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12290)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.12, Thunderbird ESR 140.12, Firefox 152 and Thunderbird 152 (CVE-2026-12327)

* firefox: thunderbird: JIT miscompilation in the DOM: Core & HTML component (CVE-2026-12299)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12329)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12312)

* firefox: thunderbird: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component (CVE-2026-12302)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.37, Firefox ESR 140.12, Thunderbird ESR 140.12, Firefox 152 and Thunderbird 152 (CVE-2026-12328)

* firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect boundary conditions in the Internationalization component (CVE-2026-12330)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12314)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12309)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12310)

* firefox: thunderbird: Denial-of-service in the Graphics: ImageLib component (CVE-2026-12325)

* firefox: thunderbird: Sandbox escape in the DOM: Navigation component (CVE-2026-12295)

* firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Graphics: WebRender component (CVE-2026-12289)

* firefox: thunderbird: Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component (CVE-2026-12315)

* firefox: thunderbird: Sandbox escape in the Security: Process Sandboxing component (CVE-2026-12296)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12306)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12307)

* firefox: thunderbird: Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Networking component (CVE-2026-12297)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12305)

* firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect boundary conditions in the Web Audio component (CVE-2026-12292)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12308)

* firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component (CVE-2026-12324)

* firefox: thunderbird: Same-origin policy bypass in the Networking: Cookies component (CVE-2026-12304)

* firefox: thunderbird: Use-after-free in the Networking: HTTP component (CVE-2026-12291)

* firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bug fixed in Firefox ESR 140.12 (CVE-2026-12298)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL firefox package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:27717.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 321909

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-27717.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/22/2026

Updated: 6/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-12297

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-12289, CVE-2026-12290, CVE-2026-12291, CVE-2026-12292, CVE-2026-12294, CVE-2026-12295, CVE-2026-12296, CVE-2026-12297, CVE-2026-12298, CVE-2026-12299, CVE-2026-12302, CVE-2026-12304, CVE-2026-12305, CVE-2026-12306, CVE-2026-12307, CVE-2026-12308, CVE-2026-12309, CVE-2026-12310, CVE-2026-12311, CVE-2026-12312, CVE-2026-12313, CVE-2026-12314, CVE-2026-12315, CVE-2026-12324, CVE-2026-12325, CVE-2026-12327, CVE-2026-12328, CVE-2026-12329, CVE-2026-12330

CWE: 1286, 131, 243, 266, 346, 403, 653, 733, 787, 807, 823, 825, 843

RHSA: 2026:27717

Detections

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