Amazon Linux 2023 : firefox (ALAS2023-2026-3126)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 351042

Synopsis

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

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-3126 advisory.

Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, and Firefox ESR 153.2. (CVE-2026-84119)

Use-after-free in the Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, and Firefox ESR 153.2. (CVE-2026-84120)

Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, and Firefox ESR 153.2. (CVE-2026-84121)

Use-after-free in the Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 140.15, and Firefox ESR 153.2. (CVE-2026-84122)

Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 140.15, and Firefox ESR 153.2. (CVE-2026-84124)

Privilege escalation due to invalid pointer in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, and Firefox ESR 153.2. (CVE-2026-84131)

Internally found bugs present in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1 and Firefox ESR 140.14. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 140.15, and Firefox ESR 153.2. (CVE-2026-84143)

Internally found bugs present in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Firefox ESR 140.14 and Firefox ESR 115.39. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption or another security-relevant defect and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155, Firefox ESR 115.40, Firefox ESR 140.15, and Firefox ESR 153.2. (CVE-2026-84145)

Use after free in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.82 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2026-85049)

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 2023.12.20260928' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-3126 --releasever 2023.12.20260928' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 351042

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2026-3126.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2026

Updated: 9/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.42

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-2026-84143

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

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: 9/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-84119, CVE-2026-84120, CVE-2026-84121, CVE-2026-84122, CVE-2026-84124, CVE-2026-84131, CVE-2026-84143, CVE-2026-84145, CVE-2026-85049

IAVA: 2026-A-0924-S

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