Amazon Linux 2023 : firefox (ALAS2023-2026-2069)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 337218

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-2069 advisory.

Same-origin policy bypass in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16349)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video: cubeb component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16350)

Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16351)

Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Disability Access APIs component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16352)

Invalid pointer in the DOM: Bindings (WebIDL) component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16353)

Information disclosure in the Graphics: ImageLib component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16354)

JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16355)

Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Disability Access APIs component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16356)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16357)

Site isolation issue in the Graphics: WebRender component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16358)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the Audio/Video: GMP component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16359)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.37, Firefox ESR 140.12 and Firefox 152. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16360)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.37 and Firefox ESR 140.12. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 115.38 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16361)

Use-after-free in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16362)

JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16363)

Incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16368)

Integer overflow in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16369)

Privilege escalation in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16371)

Information disclosure in the Framework component in DevTools. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16374)

Site isolation issue in the Networking: HTTP component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16375)

Mitigation bypass in the PDF Viewer component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16377)

Privilege escalation in the DOM: Content Processes component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16379)

Same-origin policy bypass in the Networking: DNS component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16381)

Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16383)

Site isolation issue in the Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16387)

Mitigation bypass in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16390)

Information disclosure in the Storage: IndexedDB component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16391)

Privilege escalation in WebExtensions. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13.
(CVE-2026-16396)

Information disclosure in the Networking: WebSockets component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16405)

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.12 and Firefox 152. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153 and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16412)

A flaw has been found in ggml-org llama.cpp e15efe0. This vulnerability affects the function transform of the file common/json-schema-to-grammar.cpp of the component JSON-Schema-to-GBNF Conversion. This manipulation causes allocation of resources. The attack may be initiated remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance. (CVE-2026-17501)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'dnf update firefox --releasever 2023.12.20260817' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-2069 --releasever 2023.12.20260817' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 337218

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2026-2069.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2026

Updated: 8/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-17501

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-16412

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:firefox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-16349, CVE-2026-16350, CVE-2026-16351, CVE-2026-16352, CVE-2026-16353, CVE-2026-16354, CVE-2026-16355, CVE-2026-16356, CVE-2026-16357, CVE-2026-16358, CVE-2026-16359, CVE-2026-16360, CVE-2026-16361, CVE-2026-16362, CVE-2026-16363, CVE-2026-16368, CVE-2026-16369, CVE-2026-16371, CVE-2026-16374, CVE-2026-16375, CVE-2026-16377, CVE-2026-16379, CVE-2026-16381, CVE-2026-16383, CVE-2026-16387, CVE-2026-16390, CVE-2026-16391, CVE-2026-16396, CVE-2026-16405, CVE-2026-16412, CVE-2026-17501

IAVA: 2026-A-0755

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Amazon Linux 2023 : firefox (ALAS2023-2026-2069)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 337218

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Description

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Risk Information

VPR

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

CVSS v4

Vulnerability Information

Reference Information