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CVE-2022-26486

69
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-26486 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGPU IPC framework affecting Firefox, Firefox ESR, Firefox for Android, Thunderbird, and Focus versions prior to their respective patches. This flaw allows for an exploitable sandbox escape, carrying a CVSS score of 9.6 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by CISA and multiple media reports, though no public exploit code is currently available. It has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating its high profile and risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 91.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
< 97.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
< 97.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
< 97.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_focus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 91.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.6CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 7, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0235 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 834 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:91.7.0-2.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:91.7.0-3.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:91.7.0-2.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: firefox-0:91.7.0-3.el8_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: thunderbird-0:91.7.0-2.el8_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: firefox-0:91.7.0-3.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: thunderbird-0:91.7.0-2.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:91.7.0-3.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:91.7.0-2.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:91.7.0-3.el8_4
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mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: firefox:flatpak/firefox
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: thunderbird:flatpak/thunderbird

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-26486Critical

Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebGPU IPC Framework

Mar 5, 2022

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2022-09
ExploitVendor Advisory